Die Heimat

 Froh kehrt der Schiffer heim an den stillen [Strom]1
 von fernen Inseln, wo er geerntet hat;
 wohl [möcht' auch ich]2 zur Heimat wieder;
 aber was hab' ich, wie Leid, geerntet? -

 Ihr holden Ufer, die ihr mich aufgezogt,
 [stillt ihr der Liebe Leiden?]3 ach! gebt ihr mir,
 ihr Wälder meiner Kindheit, wann ich
 [komme]4, die Ruhe noch einmal wieder?

by Friedrich Hölderlin (1770-1843)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913-1976) , "Die Heimat", op. 61 no. 2, published 1963, from Sechs Hölderlin-Fragmente, no. 2.
by Hanns Eisler (1898-1962) , "Die Heimat", 1943, from Hölderlin Fragmente, no. 4.
by Josef Matthias Hauer (1883-1959) , "Die Heimat", op. 12 (Drei Lieder) no. 3 (1915).

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