by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Translation by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)
Language: French (Français) after the Scottish (Scots)
Our translations: ENG
Bois chers aux ramiers, pleurez, doux feuillages,
Et toi, source vive, et vous, frais sentiers;
Pleurez, ô bruyères sauvages,
Buissons de houx et d'églantiers.
...
Printemps, Roi fleuri de la verte année,
Ô jeune Dieu, pleure! Été mùrissant,
Coupe ta tresse couronnée ;
Et pleure, Automne rougissant.
L'angoisse d'aimer brise un coeur fidèle.
Terre et ciel, pleurez! Oh! Que je l'aimais !
Cher pays, ne parle plus d'elle;
Nanny ne reviendra jamais!
Composition:
- Set to music by Ernest Amédée Chausson (1855 - 1899), "Nanny", op. 2 (Sept mélodies) no. 1, published 1883, stanzas 1,4-5 [ voice and piano ], Paris, J. Hamelle
Text Authorship:
- by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Nanny", appears in Poèmes antiques, in Chansons écossaises, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1852 [an adaptation]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My Nannie's awa"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Nanny", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 119