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
Dein bin ich, mein treues Lieb, Dein und ohne Wanken, Dein mit jedem Herzensschlag, Jeglichem Gedanken! Lehne dich an diese Brust, Hart gequält vom Kummer; Lulle mit der Liebe Hauch All ihr Leid in Schlummer! Weg den süßen Mund; mich brennt Seine Purpurröthe! Weg das Auge, daß mich nicht Himmelswonne tödte! Was ist Leben liebeleer? Nacht ist's ohne Morgen! Wenn der Liebe Sonne scheint, Fliehen Noth und Sorgen.
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Confirmed with Robert Burns' Gedichte, deutsch von W. Gerhard, Mit des Dichters Leben und erläuternden Bemerkungen, Leipzig, Verlag von Joh. Ambr. Barth, 1840, page 280.
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858), "Dein mit jedem Herzensschlag!" [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):
- by Ignaz Brüll (1846 - 1907), "Mein treues Lieb Nancy", op. 49 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kistner [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich Esser (1818 - 1872), "Dein mit jedem Herzensschlag", op. 61 no. 5, published 1860 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Lieder von R. Burns, no. 5, Mainz, Schott [sung text not yet checked]
- by Heinrich August Marschner (1795 - 1861), "Dein bin ich ", op. 107 no. 6, published 1841 [ soprano or tenor and piano ], from Robert Burns Lieder für Tenor oder Sopran, no. 6, Leipzig, Breitkopf und Härtel [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Sharon Krebs) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2015-05-04
Line count: 16
Word count: 68