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by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Translation by Heinrich Julius Heintze (1811 - 1860)

Thou hast left me ever, Jamie
Language: Scottish (Scots) 
Our translations:  FRE
Thou hast left me ever, Jamie,
Thou hast left me ever:
Aften hast thou vow'd that Death
Only should us sever;
Now thou'st left thy lass for aye-
I maun see thee never, Jamie,
I'll see thee never.

Thou hast me forsaken, Jamie,
Thou hast me forsaken;
Thou canst love another jo,
While my heart is breaking;
Soon my weary een I'll close,
Never mair to waken, Jamie,
Never mair to waken!

Text Authorship:

  • by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Thou hast left me ever, Jamie", written 1793 [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 William Martin Yeates Hurlstone (1876 - 1906), "Thou hast left me ever, Jamie", published 1907 [ soprano and piano ], from Four Songs [for soprano], no. 2, London, Novello: Avison Edition [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Heinrich Julius Heintze (1811 - 1860) , "Du hast mich verlassen", appears in Lieder und Balladen des Schotten Robert Burns, Braunschweig, Westermann, first published 1840 ; composed by Robert Franz, Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tu m'as quittée pour toujours, Jamie", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) ((Johann) Philipp Kaufmann) , appears in Gedichte von Robert Burns, first published 1839


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2007-09-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 72

Du hast mich verlassen, Jakob!
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Scottish (Scots) 
Du hast mich verlassen, [Jakob]1!
[Du hast mich verlassen!]2
Oft hast du gelobt, daß nur
Der Tod uns sollte scheiden;
Nun verlässt du doch dein Lieb!
Muß dich ewig meiden, [Jakob]1!
[Muß dich ewig meiden]3!

Du hast mich [verlassen, Jakob]4!
[Du hast mich verlassen!]2
Du liebst wohl ein [andres]5 Lieb,
Bricht mein Herz auch immer!
Bald schliess' ich mein müdes Aug'
Und erwache nimmer, [Jakob]1!
Und erwache [nimmer.]6

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   R. Franz •   M. Schnorr von Carolsfeld 

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1 Franz, Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "Jamie"
2 omitted by Schnorr von Carolsfeld
3 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "ewig dich meiden, o Jamie"
4 Franz: "Jamie"; Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "verlassen"
5 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "ander"
6 Schnorr von Carolsfeld: "nimmer, o Jamie!"

Text Authorship:

  • by Heinrich Julius Heintze (1811 - 1860), "Du hast mich verlassen", appears in Lieder und Balladen des Schotten Robert Burns, Braunschweig, Westermann, first published 1840 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Thou hast left me ever, Jamie", written 1793
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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), "Du hast mich verlassen Jamie!", op. 4 (Zwölf Gesänge) no. 6, published 1845 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Malvina Schnorr von Carolsfeld (1825 - 1904), "Du hast mich verlassen, Jamie" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Sharon Krebs [Guest Editor] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 77

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