by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796)
Translation by Adolf Wilhelm Ernst von Winterfeld (1824 - 1888)
Song ‑ Phillis The Fair
Language: Scottish (Scots)
While larks, with little wing, Fann'd the pure air, Tasting the breathing Spring, Forth I did fare: Gay the sun's golden eye Peep'd o'er the mountains high; Such thy morn! did I cry, Phillis the fair. In each bird's careless song, Glad I did share; While yon wild-flowers among, Chance led me there! Sweet to the op'ning day, Rosebuds bent the dewy spray; Such thy bloom! did I say, Phillis the fair. Down in a shady walk, Doves cooing were; I mark'd the cruel hawk Caught in a snare: So kind may fortune be, Such make his destiny, He who would injure thee, Phillis the fair.
Tune - "Robin Adair."
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Text Authorship:
- by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Song - Phillis The 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):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Henri-François-Louis-Auguste Potez (1863 - c1946) [an adaptation] ; composed by André Gédalge.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Christoph Leonhard Gerhard (1780 - 1858) , "Liebliche Maid", page 266, poem No. 162, first published 1840 ; composed by Heinrich Esser, Robert Franz, Eduard Hanslick, Moritz Hauptmann, Carl August Krebs, Hubert Ferdinand Kufferath.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Joseph Rheinberger.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adolf Wilhelm Ernst von Winterfeld (1824 - 1888) , "Phillis, mein Kind", first published 1860 ; composed by Ignaz Brüll, Josef Fleischer.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CZE Czech (Čeština) (Josef Václav Sládek) , "Má kráso krás"
- GER German (Deutsch) ((Johann) Philipp Kaufmann)
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-23
Line count: 24
Word count: 106
Phillis, mein Kind
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Scottish (Scots)
Während die Lerche sang Phillis, mein Kind! Macht' ich 'nen Morgengang Mit meiner Flint'. Rosiger Sonnenschein Lachte in's Thal hinein; So mög' Dein Morgen sein, Phillis, mein Kind! Wanderte immerfort, Phillis, mein Kind! Zu meinem Lieblingsort Wo Blumen sind. Wo in dem thau'gen Grün Röslein verschämt erglüh'n; Mögest Du auch so blüh';n, Phillis, mein Kind! Täubchen, auf grüner Wand, Küßten geschwind; Habicht, der d'rüber stand, Traf meine Flint'. So mög'; es jedem geh'n Wagt er es Dich zu schmäh'n, Schief nur Dich anzuseh'n, Phillis, mein Kind!
Text Authorship:
- by Adolf Wilhelm Ernst von Winterfeld (1824 - 1888), "Phillis, mein Kind", first published 1860 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Scottish (Scots) by Robert Burns (1759 - 1796), "Song - Phillis The 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), "Phillis, mein Kind", op. 63 (Fünf Lieder für 1 mittlere Singstimme mit Pianoforte) no. 3, published 1891 [ medium voice or high voice and piano ], Wien, Doblinger [sung text not yet checked]
- by Josef Fleischer , "Phillis, mein Kind", op. 9 (Drei Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebleitung) no. 1, published 1888 [ voice and piano ], Prag, Weiner [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-07-10
Line count: 24
Word count: 86