My love is a red rose

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by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Mein Lieb ist eine rothe Ros'

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

Our translations: ENG GRE

Mein Lieb ist eine rothe Ros',
Die frisch am Stocke glüht;
Eine rothe, rothe Ros'! mein Lieb
Ist wie ein süßes Lied!

Mein Lieb, so schmuck und schön du bist,
So sehr auch lieb' ich dich;
Bis daß die See verlaufen ist,
Süße Dirne, lieb' ich dich!

Bis daß die See verlaufen ist,
Und der Fels zerschmilzt, mein Kind,
Und stets, mein Lieb, so lang mein Blut
In meinen Adern rinnt!

Leb' wohl, leb' wohl, mein einzig Lieb!
Leb' wohl auf kurze Zeit!
Leb' wohl! ich kehr', und wär' ich auch
Zehntausend Meilen weit!

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• F. Gumbert • B. Scholz

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Ferdinand Freiligrath, Siebente (der Miniatur-Ausgabe zweite) Auflage, Stuttgart und Tübingen, J. G. Cotta'scher Verlag, 1844, page 435.

Note for stanza 2, line 4: in Scholz's setting, the line becomes "Du süße Dirne, lieb' ich dich!" in the repetition.

Text Authorship:

by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Robert Burns. Elf Lieder [later 13 Lieder], no. 6[8], first published 1836 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
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Line count: 16
Word count: 103

My love is a red rose

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

My love is a red rose
That glows dewily upon the bush;
A red, red rose! My love
Is like a sweet song!

My love, as picture-perfect and beautiful you are,
So much do I love you;
Until the sea has drained,
Sweet maiden, I shall love you!

Until the sea has drained,
And the rock dissolved, my child,
And unfailingly, my love, as long as my blood
Courses through my veins!

Farewell, farewell, my only love!
Farewell for a short time!
Farewell, I shall return, even though I were
Ten thousand miles away!

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Translations of title(s):
"Mein Lieb' ist eine rote Ros'" = "My love is a red rose"
"Mein Lieb ist eine rothe Ros'" = "My love is a red rose"
"Rothe Rose" = "Red rose"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876), no title, appears in Gedichte, in Robert Burns. Elf Lieder [later 13 Lieder], no. 6[8], first published 1836
- Go to the text page.

Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
- Go to the text page.

Go to the general view

This text was added to the website: 2022-08-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 99