by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Translation by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894)
My Nannie's awa
Language: Scottish (Scots)
Now in her green mantle blythe nature arrays, And listens the lambkins that bleat o'er the braes, While birds warble welcome in ilka green shaw; But to me it's delightless - my Nannie's awa! The snaw-drap and primrose our woodlands adorn, And violets bathe in the weet o' the morn; They pain my sad bosom, sae sweetly they blaw, They mind me o' Nannie - and Nanny's awa! Thou lav'rock that springs frae the dews of the lawn, The shepherd to warn o' the gray-breaking dawn, And thou mellow mavis that hails the night fa', Give over for pity - my Nannie's awa! Come autumn sae pensive, in yellow and gray, And soothe me with tidings o' nature's decay: The dark dreary winter, and wild driving snaw, Alane can delight me - now Nannie's awa!
Tune - "There'll never be peace."
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My Nannie's awa" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894) , "Nanny", appears in Poèmes antiques, in Chansons écossaises, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1852 [an adaptation] ; composed by Marguerite Canal, Ernest Amédée Chausson, Mélanie Adélaïde Simplice Dentu, Paul d'Estribaud, Paul Gilson, Klaus Miehling, Émile Paladilhe.
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894) , "Nanny", written 1852, appears in Poèmes antiques, in Chansons écossaises, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1874 ; composed by Armand Gouzien.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Heinrich Bellermann.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ernst Eckstein (1845 - 1900) , "'S Nannerl ist fort", appears in In Moll und Dur, in 3. Dritte Abtheilung ; composed by Ernst Otto Nodnagel.
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Nanny
Language: French (Français) after the Scottish (Scots)
Bois chers aux ramiers, pleurez, doux feuillages,
Et toi, source vive, et vous, frais sentiers ;
Pleurez, ô bruyères sauvages,
Buissons de houx et d’églantiers !
Du courlis siffleur l’aube saluée
Suspend au brin d’herbe une perle en feu ;
Sur le mont rose est la nuée ;
La poule d’eau nage au lac bleu
Pleurez, ô courlis ; pleure, blanche aurore ;
Gémissez, lac bleu, poules, coqs pourpré ;
Vous que la nue argente et dore,
Ô claires collines, pleurez !
Printemps, roi fleuri de la verte année,
Ô jeune Dieu, pleure ! Été mûrissant,
Coupe ta tresse couronnée ;
Et pleure, Automne rougissant !
L’angoisse d’aimer brise un cœur fidèle.
Terre et ciel, pleurez ! Oh ! que je l’aimais !
Cher pays, ne parle plus d’elle :
Nanny ne reviendra jamais !
Confirmed with Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle, Poèmes antiques, Paris, Alphonse Lemerre, 1886, pages 297-298.
Text Authorship:
- by Charles-Marie-René Leconte de Lisle (1818 - 1894), "Nanny", written 1852, appears in Poèmes antiques, in Chansons écossaises, Paris, Éd. Alphonse Lemerre, first published 1874 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "My Nannie's awa"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Armand Gouzien (1839 - 1892), "Nanny" [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. 'Au Ménestrel' Heugel [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2019-07-22
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Word count: 119