My heart's in the highlands, my heart is not here

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by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Mein Herz ist im Hochland, mein Herz ist...

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

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   Mein Herz ist im Hochland, mein Herz ist nicht hier;
Mein Herz ist im Hochland, in Waldes Revier;
Dort jagt es den Hirsch und verfolget das Reh;
Mein Herz ist im Hochland, wohin ich auch geh!
 
   Leb' wohl, mein Hochland, mein heimischer Nord!
Die Wiege der Freiheit, des Muthes ist dort.
Wohin ich auch wandre, wo immer ich bin:
Auf die Berg', auf die Berge zieht es mich hin!
 
   Lebt wohl, ihr Berge, bedecket mit Schnee!
Lebt wohl, ihr Thäler, voll Blumen und Klee!
Lebt wohl, ihr Wälder, bemoostes Gestein,
Ihr stürzenden Bächlein in farbigen Schein!
 
   Mein Herz ist im Hochland, mein Herz ist nicht hier;
Mein Herz, liebe Heimath, ist immer bei dir!
Es jaget den Hirsch und verfolget das Reh;
Mein Herz ist im Hochland, wohin ich auch geh!

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Confirmed with Robert Burns' Gedichte deutsch von W. Gerhard, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth., 1840, page 126

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Mein Herz ist im Hochland" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in English by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My heart's in the Highlands"
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Line count: 16
Word count: 135

My heart's in the highlands, my heart is...

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

   My heart's in the highlands, my heart is not here;
My heart's in the highlands, on the forested hunting-grounds;
There it chases the elk and pursues the deer;
My heart's in the highlands, wherever I roam!
 
   Farewell, my highlands, my native North!
The cradle of freedom, of courage is found there.
Wherever I may wander, wherever I may be:
To the mountains, to the mountains I am drawn!
 
   Farewell, you mountains, covered in snow!
Farewell, you valleys, full of flowers and clover!
Farewell, you forests, mossy rocks,
You brooklets plunging in colourful sheen!
 
   My heart's in the highlands, my heart is not here;
My heart, dear homeland, is ever with you!
It chases the elk and pursues the deer;
My heart's in the highlands, wherever I roam!

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Translated titles:
"Mein Herz ist im Hochland" = "My heart's in the highlands"
"Hochländers Abschied" = "Highlander's farewell"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Mein Herz ist im Hochland"
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Based on:

a text in English by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My heart's in the Highlands"
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This text was added to the website: 2016-01-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 129