In Westen | Im Westen | Ich schau' über Forth hinüber nach Nord

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858)

Out over the Forth

Language: Scottish (Scots)

Out over the Forth, I look to the north;
But what is the north and its Highlands to me? 
The south nor the east gie ease to my breast,
The far foreign land, or the wide rolling sea. 

But I look to the west when I gae to my rest,
That happy my dreams and my slumbers may be;
For far in the west lives he I love best,
The man that is dear to my babie and me.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Out over the Forth"

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
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Word count: 79

Im Westen

(Sung text for setting by R. Schumann)

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

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE

   Ich schau' über Forth hinüber nach Nord:
Was helfen mir Nord und Hochlands Schnee?
Was Osten und Süd, wo die Sonne glüht,
Das ferne Land und die wilde See?
 
   Aus Westen winkt, wo die Sonne sinkt,
Was mich im Schlummer und Traume beglückt;
Im Westen wohnt, der mir Liebe lohnt,
Mich und mein Kindlein an's Herz gedrückt!

Composition:

Robert Schumann

Myrten

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "In Westen"

Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Out over the Forth"
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 8
Word count: 58