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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

O my Luve's like a red, red rose
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Language: Scottish (Scots) 
Our translations:  FRE GRE IRI
O my Luve's like a red, red rose 
  That's newly sprung in June: 
O my Luve's like the melodie 
  That's sweetly play'd in tune. 

As fair art thou, my bonnie lass, 
  So deep in luve am I: 
And I will luve thee still, my dear, 
  Till a' the seas gang dry: 

Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear, 
  And the rocks melt wi' the sun; 
I will luve thee still, my dear, 
  While the sands o' life shall run. 

And fare thee weel, my only Luve! 
  And fare thee weel a while! 
And I will come again, my Luve, 
  Tho' it were ten thousand mile.

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Note: due to a similarity in first lines, Berg's song O wär' mein Lieb' jen' Röslein roth is often erroneously indicated as a translation of this poem.


Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 109

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