Si un cruel destin nous ordonnait de nous séparer | Si un cruel destin nous ordonnait de nous séparer

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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Tho' cruel fate should bid us part

Language: Scottish (Scots)

Our translations: FRE FRE

Tho' cruel fate should bid us part
As far's the pole and line,
Her dear idea round my heart
Would tenderly entwine.
Tho' mountains frown, and deserts howl,
And oceans roll between;
Yet, dearer than my deathless soul,
I still would love my Jean.

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Confirmed with The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 205.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Tho' cruel fate" [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):

by Ludwig van Beethoven (1770 - 1827), "Constancy", WoO. 155 (26 Walisische Lieder) no. 22, G. 226 no. 22, published 1810/2 [ vocal duet with piano, violin, violoncello ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Constance", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Si un cruel destin nous ordonnait de nous séparer", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Georg Pertz) , "Beständigkeit"

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This text was added to the website: 2005-01-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 44

Si un cruel destin nous ordonnait de nous séparer

Language: French (Français) after the Scottish (Scots)

Si un cruel destin nous ordonnait de nous séparer
D'aussi loin que sont le pôle et l'équateur,
Ses tendres pensées autour de mon cœur
S'entrelaceraient tendrement.
Si des montagnes sévères et des déserts hurlants
Et des océans tumultueux étaient entre nous,
Chérie plus que mon âme immortelle,
J'aimerais encore ma Jean.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Scottish (Scots) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Tho' cruel fate"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-07-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 51