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by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858)
Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Weit, weit
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Scottish (Scots) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
   Wie kann ich froh und munter seyn,
Und flink mich dreh'n bei meinem Leid?
Der schmucke Junge, [den ich lieb']1,
Ist über die Berge weit, weit!
[Der schmucke Junge, den ich lieb']2,
Ist über die Berge weit, weit!
 
   Was kümmert mich des Winters Frost,
Und ob es draußen stürmt und schneit?
Im Auge blinkt die Thräne mir,
Denk' ich an ihn, der weit, weit!
[Im Auge blinkt die Thräne mir,]2,
Denk' ich an ihn, der weit, weit!
 
   Mein Vater stieß mich aus dem Haus,
Und Niemand war zum Trost bereit:
'S nähm' Einer wohl sich meiner an,
Doch dieser Ein' ist weit, weit!
'S nähm' Einer wohl sich meiner an,
Doch dieser Ein' ist weit, weit!
 
   Er hat die Handschuh' mir geschenkt,
Das bunte Tuch, das seidne Kleid:
Doch er, dem ich's zur [Ehren]3 trag',
Ist über die Berge weit, weit!
[Doch er, dem ich's zur Ehren trag',]2
Ist über die Berge weit, weit!

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

•   R. Schumann 

R. Schumann sets stanzas 1-2, 4

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Confirmed with Robert Burns’ Gedichte deutsch von W. Gerhard, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth, 1840, pages 153-154

1 Schumann: "der mich liebt"
2 omitted by Schumann
3 Schumann: "Ehre"

Text Authorship:

  • by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Weit, weit!" [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "The Bonie Lad That's Far Awa", written 1788
    • Go to the text page.

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

  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Weit, weit", op. 25 no. 20 (1840), published 1840, stanzas 1-2,4 [voice and piano], from Myrten, no. 20, Leipzig, Kistner [ sung text verified 1 time]

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Marta Garcia Cadena) , "Lluny, lluny", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ver, ver!", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , "Far away, far away!", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Loin, loin", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Pilar Lirio , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 24
Word count: 163

Loin, loin
Language: French (Français)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Comment puis-je être joyeux et gai,
Et me sentir léger près de mon chagrin ?
Le joli jeune homme qui m'aime,
Est loin, loin au delà de la montagne !
Le joli jeune homme qui m'aime,
Est loin, loin au delà de la montagne !

Est-ce le gel de l'hiver qui me fait mal,
Ou est-ce que dehors la tempête et la neige soufflent ?
Dans mon œil brille la larme,
Quand je pense à lui, qui est loin, loin !
Dans mon œil brille la larme,
Quand je pense à lui, qui est loin, loin !









Il m'a offert les gants,
Le tissu de couleur, la robe de soie ;
Mais je vais les mettre pour l'amour de celui
Qui est loin, loin au delà de la montagne !
Mais je vais les mettre pour l'amour de celui
Qui est loin, loin au delà de la montagne !

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2010 by Guy Laffaille, (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 German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Weit, weit!" [an adaptation]
    • Go to the text page.

Based on:

  • a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "The Bonie Lad That's Far Awa", written 1788
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2010-10-19
Line count: 18
Word count: 140

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