Lied eines Mädchens, entzückt von den Feen in Süd Uist | Mein Liebling, lass mich heim zu meiner Mutter

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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Translation © by Frieder Anders

The song of a girl ravished away by the fairies in South Uist

Language: English

Our translations: GER

My love, my love, let me home to my mother;
my love, my love, let me home, let me home;
my love, my love, let me home as you found me;
I came to call the cattle home.

I heard last night that my love was surrounded;
I climbed the hill by the light of the moon;
my love, my love, let me home as you found me:
I came to call the cattle home.

Though you gave me horses on halters,
though you gave me cattle and sheep,
though you gave me servants and footmen,
I came to call the cattle home.

My love, my love, let me home to my mother;
my love, my love, let me home, let me home;
my love, my love, let me home as you found me:
I came to call the cattle home.

Text Authorship:

from Volkslieder (Folksongs) [author's text not yet checked 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 Judith Weir (b. 1954), "The song of a girl ravished away by the fairies in South Uist", from Songs from the Exotic, no. 4. [
text verified 1 time
]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

GER German (Deutsch) (Frieder Anders) , title 1: "Lied eines Mädchens, entzückt von den Feen in Süd Uist", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Clive Robinson

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 141

Lied eines Mädchens, entzückt von den Feen in Süd Uist

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Mein Liebling, lass mich heim zu meiner Mutter
Lass mich heim, 
so wie Du mich fandest
Ich kam das Vieh heimzuholen.

Letzte Nach hörte ich dass mein Liebster umzingelt war
Im Mondlicht kletterte auf den Hügel;
Mein Liebling lass mich heim, so wie Du mich fandest
Ich kam das Vieh heimzuholen.

Obwohl Du mir Pferde mit Halfter gabst
Obwohl Du mir Vieh und Schafe gabst
Obwohl Du mir Diener und Gefolge gabst
kam ich das Vieh heimzuholen.

Mein Liebling, lass mich heim zu meiner Mutter
Lass mich heim, 
so wie Du mich fandest
Ich kam das Vieh heimzuholen.

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Based on:

a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
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This text was added to the website: 2013-06-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 98