O raging Fortune's withering blast Has laid my leaf full low, O! O raging Fortune's withering blast Has laid my leaf full low, O! My stem was fair, my bud was green, My blossom sweet did blow, O! The dew fell fresh, the sun rose mild, And made my branches grow, O! But luckless Fortune's northern storms Laid a' my blossoms low, O! But luckless Fortune's northern storms Laid a' my blossoms low, O!
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Song -- Raging Fortune: A Fragment" [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 John Linton Gardner (1917 - 2011), "Raging fortune", op. 213 no. 2, published 1993 [ mixed chorus and orchestra ], from A Burns Sequence, no. 2, London : Oxford University Press [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) , "Das Unglück" ; composed by Alexander Winterberger.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Josef Václav Sládek) , "Ó krutě vichr osudu"
- RUS Russian (Русский) (Mikhail Larionovich Mikhailov) , "Злая судьба", first published 1856
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
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Des rauhen Schicksals [Wetterstürm]1 Hat meinen Stamm entlaubt! Des rauhen Schicksals [Wetterstürm]1 Hat meinen Stamm entlaubt! Mein Keim war schön, die Knospe grün, Die Blüthe hold und süß: Frisch fiel der Thau, die milde Sonn' Meine Zweige sprossen ließ. Doch ach! des Unglücks Nordsturm hat Entblättert meine Blüth', Und ach! des Unglücks Nordsturm hat Entblätter meine Blüth'!
Confirmed with Heinrich Julius Heintze, Lieder und Balladen des Schotten Robert Burns, Braunschweig: Georg Westermann, 1840, page 20.
1 Winterberger: "Wetterstürme"; further changes may exist not shown above.Text Authorship:
- by Heinrich Julius Heintze (1811 - 1860), "Das Unglück" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Song -- Raging Fortune: A Fragment"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Alexander Winterberger (1834 - 1914), "Das Unglück", op. 40 (Fünf Gesänge für 1 tiefere Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1875 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Kahnt [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull
This text was added to the website: 2021-11-25
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