O were my Love yon lilac fair
Language: Scottish (Scots)
O were my Love yon lilac fair,
Wi' purple blossoms to the spring,
And I a bird to shelter there,
When wearied on my little wing;
How I wad mourn when it was torn
By autumn wild and winter rude!
But I wad sing on wanton wing
When youthfu' May its bloom renew'd.
O gin my Love were yon red rose
That grows upon the castle wa',
And I mysel a drap o' dew,
Into her bonnie breast to fa';
[O there, beyond expression blest,
I'd feast on beauty a' the night;
Seal'd on her silk-saft faulds to rest,
Till fley'd awa' by Phoebus' light.]1
Translation(s): FRE GER GER GER GER GER GER
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A. Beach sets stanza 2, 1
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1 omitted by Beach.
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Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Amy Marcy Cheney Beach (1867 - 1944), "Oh were my love yon lilac fair", op. 43 (Five Burns Songs) no. 3, published 1899, stanza 2,1. [soprano or tenor and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Frederick Brandeis (1832 - 1899), "O were my love yon lilac fair", op. 43 no. 1, published 1877 [voice and piano], from Four Songs, no. 1, New York: Martens Brothers, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Francis George Scott (1880 - 1958), "O were my love yon lilac fair", published 1922 [male voice and piano], from Scottish Lyrics, Book 2, no. 8, Bayley & Ferguson [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Henri-François-Louis-Auguste Potez (1863 - 19??) GER GER GER GER GER GER by André Gédalge.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Wilhelm Ernst von Winterfeld (1824 - 1888) , "O, wär' mein Lieb die Fliederblüth'" ENG FRE by Otto Bach, Ernst Paul Flügel.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by L. G. Silbergleit , "O wär' mein Lieb" ENG FRE by Jan Karol Gall, Eugène Jámbor, Rudolf Krzyzanowski.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876) FRE FRE by Carl Banck, August Conradi, Wilhelm Heiser, Carl Krebs, Arnold Krug, C. Adolph Oberdörffer, Hans Michael Schletterer, Václav Jan Křtitel Tomášek.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by (Johann) Philipp Kaufmann (1802 - 1846) , no title, appears in Gedichte von Robert Burns, first published 1839 [an adaptation] FRE FRE by Alban Maria Johannes Berg.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist FRE by Johann Bernhard André.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist FRE by Frederick Brandeis.
Text added to the website: 2003-09-29T00:00:00.
Last modified: 2014-07-28T11:29:42
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O, wär' mein Lieb die Fliederblüth'
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Scottish (Scots)
O, wär' mein Lieb die Fliederblüth',
Beglänzt vom Abendsonnenschein,
Und ich das Vöglein, das sich müd',
Auf ihr in Schlummer wiegte ein.
Wie wollt' ich trauern, wenn sie dann
Die holden Glöcklein eingebüßt,
Wie wollt' ich jubeln, wenn der Mai
Sie endlich wieder wachgeküßt.
O, wär' mein Lieb ein Röslein roth,
Das auf dem Walle wächst mit Lust,
Und ich, o ich, ein Tröpflein Thau,
Das niedersänk' in ihre Brust.
O dort, auf sammtnem Blatt gewiegt,
Wollt' schwelgen ich die ganze Nacht,
An ihren duft'gen Kelch geschmiegt,
Bis daß der neue Tag erwacht.
Translation(s): ENG
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Confirmed with Lieder und Balladen von Robert Burns. Aus dem Englischen, schottischer Mundart von A.v. Winterfeld, Berlin: Verlag von A. Hofmann & Comp., 1860, page 37
Submitted by Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]
Authorship
Based on- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "O were my Love yon lilac fair" FRE
- This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Frederick Brandeis, Francis George Scott. Go to the text.
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Otto Bach (1833 - 1893), "O, wär' mein Lieb die Fliederblüth'", op. 11 (Lieder und Gesänge für eine Singstimme mit Clavier-Begleitung) no. 1, published 1865 [voice and piano], Berlin: Georg Plothow [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernst Paul Flügel (1844 - 1912), "O wär' mein Lieb' die Fliederblüth'", op. 4 (Sechs Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 6, published 1867 [voice and piano], Greifswald, Verlag der Academischen Buchhandlung (and later: Leipzig, Leuckart, 1876) [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable): - ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Oh, were my love the lilac blossom", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Text added to the website: 2009-09-14T00:00:00.
Last modified: 2017-04-05T14:45:34
Line count: 16
Word count: 93
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