English translations of Lieder, opus 23

by Victor Harris (1869 - 1943)

1. The hills o' Skye
 (Sung text)
by Victor Harris (1869 - 1943), "The hills o' Skye", op. 23 (Lieder) no. 1, published 1904
Language: English 
There's a ship lies off Dunvegan,
An' she longs to spread her wings,
An' through a' the day she beckons,
An' thro' a' the nicht she sings!

"Come awa', awa', my darlin',
Come awa', awa', wi' me, and fly
To a land that is fairer, kinder,
Than the moors and the hills o' Skye.

Oh, my heart! My weary, weary heart!
There's ne'er a day goes by 
But it turns hame to Dunvegan,
By the storm-beat hills o' Skye.

I hae wandered miles fu' many,
I hae mark'd fu' many a change,
I hae won me gear in plenty,
In this land sae fair, but strange.

Yet at times a spell is on me,
I'm a child, a child once again to rin
On the hills aboon Dunvegan,
An' the kind sea shuts me in.

Oh, my heart! My weary, weary heart!
There's ne'er a day goes by 
But it turns hame to Dunvegan,
By the storm-beat hills o' Skye.

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by William McLennan (1856 - 1904)
2. Im Volkston  [sung text not yet checked]
by Victor Harris (1869 - 1943), "Im Volkston", op. 23 (Lieder) no. 2, published 1902, also set in English
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Wenn zwei von einander scheiden,
So geben sie sich die Händ',
Und fangen an zu weinen,
Und seufzen ohne End'.

Wir haben nicht [geweinet]1,
Wir seufzten nicht Weh und Ach!
Die [Tränen und die Seufzer]2,
Die kamen hinten nach.

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Confirmed with Heinrich Heine, Buch der Lieder, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg, 1827, page 153.

1 Reinecke: "geweint"
2 Decker, Reinecke: "Seufzer und die Tränen"

by Heinrich Heine (1797 - 1856)
2. When two people part
Language: English 
When two people part
They give each other their hands
And they begin to weep
And sigh endlessly!
We did not weep,
And did not sigh "woe" and "alas."
The tears and the sighs
Came afterwards!

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3. Folk song
by Victor Harris (1869 - 1943), "Folk song", op. 23 (Lieder) no. 2, published 1902, also set in German (Deutsch)
Language: English 
Oft when two fond hearts must sever
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