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Here is the glen, and here the bower All underneath the birchen shade, The village bell has toll'd the hour – O, what can stay my lovely maid? 'Tis not Maria's whispering call – 'Tis but the balmy, breathing gale, Mixt with some warbler's dying fall The dewy star of eve to hail! It is Maria's voice I hear! So calls the woodlark in the grove His faithful mate to cheer : At once 'tis music - and 'tis love! And art thou come? and art thou true? O, welcome, dear, to love and me, And let us all our vows renew Along the flowery banks of Cree !
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Confirmed with The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 273.
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Here is the glen" [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), "The flowers of Edinburgh", Hob. XXXIa:90bis, JHW XXXII/3 no. 253 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858) , "Begegnung" ; composed by Alexander Fesca.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Josef Václav Sládek) , "Zde úval jest"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor] , Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-06-08
Line count: 16
Word count: 106
Voici le vallon et voici le berceau de verdure Tout en dessous de l'ombre des bouleaux, La cloche du village a sonné l'heure – Ô qui peut retenir ma charmante bien-aimée ? Ce n'est pas l'appel murmuré de Maria – Ce n'est que la respiration parfumée du vent, Mêlée à la chute de la trille de quelque fauvette Qui salue l'étoile du soir, humide de rosée ! C'est la voix de Maria que j'entends ! Dans le bosquet, l'alouette des bois appelle ainsi Son fidèle compagnon pour s'égayer : D'un coup c'est de la musique, c'est de l'amour ! Est-ce toi qui viens ? Et es-tu fidèle ? Oh, sois bienvenue chère, pour l'amour et pour moi, Et renouvelons tous nos serments Sur les rives fleuries de la Cree !
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"Here is the glen" = "Voici le vallon"Text Authorship:
- Translation from Scottish (Scots) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Here is the glen"
This text was added to the website: 2014-09-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 122