My love is like the little red rose

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by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Dem rothen Röslein gleicht mein Lieb

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Scottish (Scots)

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 Dem rothen Röslein gleicht mein Lieb,
Im Junimond erblüht;
Mein Lieb ist eine Melodei,
Vor der die Seele glüht.
 
  Wie schön du bist, geliebte Maid!
Wie wird das Herz mir schwer!
Und lieben wird's dich immerdar,
Bis trocken Strom und Meer!
 
  Und würden trocken Strom und Meer,
Und schmölzen Fels und Stein:
Ich würde dennoch lebenslang
Dir Herz und Seele weihn!
 
  Und, holdes Liebchen, lebe wohl!
Leb' wohl, du süße Maid!
Bald kehr' ich wieder, wär' ich auch
Zehn tausend Meilen weit!

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Confirmed with Robert Burns’ Gedichte, deutsch von W. Gerhard, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth., 1840, page 209

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Rothes Röslein" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 85

My love is like the little red rose

Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

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  My love is like the little red rose,
That bloomed in June;
My love is a melody
That enflames my soul
 
  How lovely you are, beloved maiden!
How my heart grows heavy!
And it shall love you forever,
Until the rivers and oceans dry up!
 
  And should the rivers and oceans dry up,
And should granite and stone melt:
For my whole life I would nevertheless
Dedicate my heart and soul to you!
 
  And, lovely darling, farewell!
Farewell, you sweet maiden!
Soon I shall return, though I might be
Ten thousand miles away!

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Translated titles:
"Rothes Röslein" = "Little red rose"
"Die rothe, rothe Ros'" = "The red, red rose"
"Dem rothen Röslein gleicht mein Lieb" = "My love is like the little red rose"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Rothes Röslein"
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Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
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This text was added to the website: 2016-11-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 96