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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Frae the friends and land I love

Language: Scottish (Scots)

Our translations: FRE

Frae the friends and land I love
Driv'n by Fortune's felly spite,
Frae my best belov'd I rove,
Never mair to taste delight!
Never mair maun hope to find
Ease frae toil, relief frae care.
When remembrance racks the mind,
Pleasures but unveil despair.

Brightest climes shall mirk appear,
Desert ilka blooming shore,
Till the Fates, nae mair severe,
Friendship, love, and peace, restore:
Till Revenge, wi' laurel'd head
Bring our banish'd hame again,
And ilka loyal, bonnie lad
Cross the seas, and win his ain!

Confirmed with The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 231.

GLOSSARY

Felly = cruel
Maun = must
Mirk = dark
Ilka = every
Bonnie = handsome

Text Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Frae the friends and land I love" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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

by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Frae the friends and land I love", Hob. XXXIa no. 105, JHW. XXXII/2 no. 105. [
text verified 1 time
]

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FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Éloigné des amis et du pays que j'aime", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2013-03-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 86

Éloigné des amis et du pays que j'aime

Language: French (Français) after the Scottish (Scots)

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Éloigné des amis et du pays que j'aime,
Conduit par la cruelle malveillance de Fortune,
Éloigné de ma bien-aimée je vagabonde,
N'ayant plus aucun goût au plaisir !
Je ne dois plus espérer trouver
Absence de peine, rémission des alarmes.
Lorsque les souvenirs montent au cerveau,
Les plaisirs ne dévoilent que désespoir.

Les cieux les plus clairs apparaîtront sombres,
Déserts tous les rivages fleuris,
Jusqu'à ce que les Parques, moins sévères,
Rendent amitié, amour et paix :
Jusqu'à ce que Revanche couronnée de lauriers
Nous ramène à sa patrie celui qui est banni
Et que chaque loyal et beau garçon
Traverse les mers et conquière la sienne !

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a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Frae the friends and land I love"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 105