by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Translation Singable translation by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876)
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is...
Language: English
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here: My heart's in the Highlands, a chasing the deer; [Chasing]1 the wild deer, and following the roe -- My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go. Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birthplace of valour, the country of worth; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. Farewell to the mountains high [cover’d]2 with snow; Farewell to the straths and green [valleys]3 below; Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods; Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods. My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands a chasing the deer; [Chasing]1 the wild deer, and following the roe -- My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with The Works of Robert Burns, London: T. Tegg, Cheapside; C. Daly, Red Lion Square, MDCCCXL, page 384.
1 Arditti: "A-chasing"2 Arditti: "covered"
3 Gade: "vallies" (typo?)
Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My heart's in the Highlands"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Josef Václav Sládek) , "Mé srdce je v horách"
- POL Polish (Polski) (Jan Kasprowicz) , "Me serce jest w górach", Warsaw, first published 1907
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 131
Mein Herz ist im Hochland Matches original text
Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Our translations: FRE
Mein Herz ist im Hochland, mein Herz ist nicht hier! Mein Herz ist im Hochland, im wald'gen Revier! Da jag' ich das Rothwild, da folg' ich dem Reh, Mein Herz ist im Hochland, wo immer ich geh'. Mein Norden, mein Hochland, lebt wohl, ich muß ziehn! Du Wiege von Allem, was stark und was kühn! Doch, wo ich auch wandre und wo ich auch bin, Nach den Hügeln des Hochlands steht allzeit mein Sinn! Lebt wohl, ihr Gebirge mit Häuptern voll Schnee, Ihr Schluchten, ihr Thäler, du schäumender See, Ihr Wälder, ihr Klippen, so grau und bemoos't, Ihr Ströme, die zornig durch Felsen ihr tos't! Mein Herz ist im Hochland, mein Herz ist nicht hier! Mein Herz ist im Hochland, im wald'gen Revier! Da jag ich das Rothwild, da folg ich dem Reh, Mein Herz ist im Hochland, wo immer ich geh!
Note: in Gade's score, this poem is misattributed to Wilhelm Müller.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Mein Herz ist im Hochland", op. 9 no. 3, published 1845 [ vocal duet for 2 sopranos with piano ], from Lieder im Volkston [first published as Neun Lieder im Volkston], no. 3, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel, also set in English, also set in French (Français)
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Ferdinand Freiligrath (1810 - 1876), "Mein Herz ist im Hochland", appears in Gedichte, in Robert Burns. Elf Lieder [later 13 Lieder], no. 9[11]
Based on:
- a text in English by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My heart's in the Highlands"
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2013-07-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 142