I am drawn to the village

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by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858)

Translation © by Sharon Krebs

Mich zieht es nach dem Dorfe hin

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Scottish (Scots)

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  Mich zieht es nach dem Dorfe hin,
In's Gärtchen, wo sie oft erschien;
Mich zieht es nach dem Dorfe hin
Und meiner süßen, holden Jean!
Und Niemand wisse, ahne kaum,
Woher ich kam, wohin ich geh',
Als Liebchen, das ich dort am Baum
Verstohlen meiner harren seh'.

  Ja, zu der Eiche wird sie gehn,
Wohin wir heimlich uns bestellt. --
Wie doch bei jedem Wiedersehn
Mein Liebchen doppelt mir gefällt!
Mich zieht es nach dem Dorfe hin,
In's Gärtchen, wo sie oft erschien:
Mich zieht es nach dem Dorfe hin,
Zu meiner süßen, holden Jean!

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Confirmed with Robert Burns’ Gedichte, deutsch von W. Gerhard, Leipzig: Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth., 1840, page 223

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Heimliches Wiedersehen", from Robert Burns' Gedichte: deutsch von W. Gerhard, first published 1840 [an adaptation] [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
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Word count: 100

I am drawn to the village

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Language: English after the German (Deutsch)

  I am drawn to the village,
Into the garden where she oft appeared;
I am drawn to the village
And to my sweet Jean!
And no one must know, barely even suspect,
Whence I came, wither I go,
But my darling, whom I see by yonder tree,
Secretly waiting for me.

  Yes, to the oak tree she shall go,
Where we agreed to meet secretly.--
Every time we meet again
How she delights me twice as much!
I am drawn to the village,
Into the garden where she oft appeared;
I am drawn to the village
To my sweet, lovely Jean!

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Translations of title(s):
"Mich zieht es nach dem Dorfe hin" = "I am drawn to the village"
"Mich zieht es nach dem Dörfchen hin" = "I am drawn to the little village"
"Heimliches Wiedersehen" = "Secret rendezvous"

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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Heimliches Wiedersehen", from Robert Burns' Gedichte: deutsch von W. Gerhard, first published 1840 [an adaptation]
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Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
- Go to the text page.

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This text was added to the website: 2017-02-13
Line count: 16
Word count: 109