by
Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
O, wat ye wha that lo'es me
Language: Scottish (Scots)
O, [wat ye wha that lo'es me]1
And has my heart a-keeping?
O, sweet is she that lo'es me,
As dews o' summer weeping,
In tears the rosebuds steeping!
Refrain: O, that's the lassie o' my heart,
My lassie ever dearer!
O, [that's]2 the queen o' womankind,
And ne'er a ane to peer her!
If thou shalt meet a lassie,
In grace and beauty charming,
That e'en thy chosen lassie,
Erewhile thy breast sae warming,
Had ne'er sic powers alarming :
Refrain
If thou hadst heard her talking,
(And thy attention's plighted),
That ilka body talking,
But her, by thee is slighted,
And thou art all delighted :
Refrain
If thou hast met this fair one,
When frae her thou hast parted,
If every other fair one
But her, thou hast deserted,
And thou art broken-hearted,
Refrain.
Available sung texts: (what is this?)
• J. Haydn J. Haydn sets stanzas 1-2, 4
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Confirmed with The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 284.
1 Haydn: "wha is she that loes me"
2 Haydn: "she's"
Text Authorship:
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Pierre Mathé) , title unknown, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille
[Guest Editor] This text was added to the website: 2008-06-08
Line count: 27
Word count: 138
Oh savez‑vous qui m'aime
Language: English after the Scottish (Scots)
Oh [savez-vous qui m'aime]1
Et qui garde mon cœur ?
Oh, douce est celle qui m'aime,
Comme la rosée qui pleure en été,
Inondant des ses larmes les boutons de roses !
Refrain : Ô, c'est la fille de mon cœur
Ma fille toujours plus chère !
Ô, elle est la reine des femmes
Et aucune ne l'égale !
Si tu rencontres une fille
À la grâce et la beauté charmantes,
Que même la fille de ton choix,
Qui depuis peu t'échauffe tant le cœur,
N'a pas de pouvoirs aussi troublants :
Refrain
Si tu l'avais entendue parler,
(Et si ton attention était engagée),
Toute personne parlant,
Sauf elle, serait par toi dédaignée,
Et tu serais tout à fait ravi :
Refrain
Si tu as rencontré une beauté,
Après t'en être séparé,
Si toute autre beauté,
Sauf elle, tu as abandonnée,
Et si tu as le cœur brisé,
Refrain.
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J. Haydn a mis en musique les strophes 1-2, 4.
1 Haydn: "quelle est celle qui m'aime"
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Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "O, wat ye wha that lo'es me"
This text was added to the website: 2014-10-23
Line count: 27
Word count: 144
