So weit von hier! | So weit von hier | So trieb sie mich denn grausam fort

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858)

Song ‑‑ My Native Land sae far awa

Language: Scottish (Scots)

O sad and heavy, should I part,
  But for her sake, sae far awa;
Unknowing what my way may thwart,
  My native land sae far awa.

Thou that of a’ things Maker art,
  That formed this Fair sae far awa,
Gie body strength, then I’ll ne’er start
  At this my way sae far awa.

How true is love to pure desert!
  Like mine for her sae far awa;
And nocht can heal my bosom’s smart,
  While, oh, she is sae far awa!

Nane other love, nane other dart,
  I feel but her’s sae far awa;
But fairer never touch’d a heart
  Than her’s, the Fair, sae far awa.

Confirmed with Burns, Robert. Poems and Songs. Vol. VI. The Harvard Classics. New York: P.F. Collier & Son, 1909–14; Bartleby.com, 2001. www.bartleby.com/6/363.html.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Song -- My Native Land sae far awa" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858) , "So weit von hier!", first published 1840 ENG ; composed by Robert Franz, Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

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Word count: 108

So trieb sie mich denn grausam fort

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

Our translations: ENG

So trieb sie mich denn grausam fort 
In fernes Land, so weit von hier; 
Ich wandre still von Ort zu Ort,
Und Liebchen ist so weit von hier! 
Wann find' ich den ersehnten Port,
Nach irrem Pfad, so weit von hier?
Wann tönt mir wieder tröstlich Wort 
Aus schönem Mund, so weit von hier?

Wo schlüge wohl ein treuer Herz 
Für sie, für sie, so weit von hier? 
Was stillte je der Sehnsucht Schmerz
Nach ihr, nach ihr, so weit von hier?
Die Blicke schweifen abendwärts 
In's Vaterland, so weit von hier;
Mich fliehet Lust, mich fliehet Scherz,
Denn sie -- ach! sie -- ist weit von hier!

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Confirmed with Robert Burns' Gedichte von W. Gerhard, Leipzig, Verlag von Johann Ambr. Barth, 1841, page 222.

Text Authorship:

by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "So weit von hier!", first published 1840 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Song -- My Native Land sae far awa"
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Robert Franz (1815 - 1892), "So weit von hier", op. 22 (Sechs Gesänge) no. 6, published 1855 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Senff [sung text not yet checked]
by Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath (1818 - 1896), "So trieb sie mich denn grausam fort ", op. 3 (6 Lieder von R. Burns für Tenor oder Sopran) no. 5, published 1841 [ tenor or soprano and piano ], Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]

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Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-07-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 106