Eppie Adair | Et oh, ma Eppie

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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Eppie Adair

Language: Scottish (Scots)

Our translations: FRE

Chorus
 An' O my Eppie, 
 My jewel, my Eppie! 
 Wha wad na be happy
 Wi' Eppie Adair?

By love and by beauty, 
By law and by duty, 
I swear to be true to
My Eppie Adair!

A' pleasure exile me, 
Dishonour defile me, 
If e'er I beguile thee,
My Eppie Adair!

Confirmed with The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Cambridge edition, Boston and New York, Houghton Mifflin Company, 1897, page 227.

GLOSSARY
Eppie = diminutive form of the name Elspeth.

Text Authorship:

by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Eppie Adair" [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 Benjamin Burrows (1891 - 1966), "Eppie Adair", 1927 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by (Franz) Joseph Haydn (1732 - 1809), "Eppie Adair ", JHW. XXXII/1 no. 74, Hob. XXXIa no. 74 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858) , "Eppie Adair" ; composed by Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath.

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Eppie Adair", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2012-10-04
Line count: 13
Word count: 51

Eppie Adair

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

Refrain
 Et oh, ma Eppie
 Mon trésor, ma Eppie !
 Comment ne pas être heureux
 Avec Eppie Adair ?

Sur l'amour et la beauté,
Sur la loi et le devoir,
Je jure d'être fidèle 
À ma Eppie Adair !

Que tous les plaisirs me quittent,
Que le déshonneur m'avilisse
Si jamais je te trompe,
Ma Eppie Adair !

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), "Eppie Adair"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-08-05
Line count: 13
Word count: 54