Thine am I, my faithful Fair, Thine, my lovely Nancy; Ev'ry pulse along my veins, Ev'ry roving fancy. To thy bosom lay my heart, There to throb and languish; Tho' despair had wrung its core, That would heal its anguish. Take away those rosy lips, Rich with balmy treasure; Turn away thine eyes of love, Lest I die with pleasure! What is life when wanting Love? Night without a morning: Love's the cloudless summer sun, Nature gay adorning.
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Song - Thine am I, my faithful Fair" [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 Arthur Somervell, Sir (1863 - 1937), "Thine am I, my faithful Fair", published 1889 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858) , "Dein mit jedem Herzensschlag!" ; composed by Ignaz Brüll, Heinrich Esser, Heinrich August Marschner.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Josef Václav Sládek) , "Tvůj jsem"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-08-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 78
Tvůj jsem, věrná dívko má; tvůj, mé potěšení, každý úder tepny mé, každé pomyšlení. Nech mé srdce bít a snít na té hrudi svojí, třeba sobě zoufalo, náruč tvá je zhojí. Vzdal ty rtíky růžové s vůní rozmarinu, sklop ty oči milostné, nebo slastí zhynu. Co je život bez lásky? noc je bez svítání; — a jak letní slunečko je to milování.
Confirmed with BURNS, Robert. Výbor z písní a ballad, translated by Josef Václav Sládek, Praha: J. Otto, 1892.
Text Authorship:
- by Josef Václav Sládek (1845 - 1912), "Tvůj jsem" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Song - Thine am I, my faithful Fair"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-08-11
Line count: 16
Word count: 62