My Heart's in the Highlands è una ballata del poeta scozzese Robert Burns, composta nel 1789 e cantata sulla melodia "Fàilte na Miosg". [1]
Testo
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]1:
- My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
- My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
- Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
- My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
2:
- Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North,
- The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth;
- Wherever I wander, wherever I rove,
- The hills of the Highlands forever I'll love.
(Ritornello:)
- My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here,
- My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
- Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
- My heart's in the Highlands, wherever I go.
3:
- Farewell to the mountains, high-cover'd with snow,
- Farewell to the straths and green valleys below;
- Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods,
- Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods.
(Ritornello:)
- My heart's in the Highlands my heart is not here,
- My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer;
- Chasing the wild-deer, and following the roe,
- My heart's in the Highlands, wherev'r I go
- My heart's in the Highlands, farewell.
Adattamenti musicali
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]Il compositore estone Arvo Pärt [2] ha composto un arrangiamento per controtenore e organo di My Heart's in the Highlands.
My Heart's in the Highlands è stato anche adattato per lira e chitarra dall'artista folk ambient scozzese An Tuagh (Jamie Keddie). [3]
Fonti
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- ^ Failte Na Miosg (waltz), su Thesession.org. URL consultato il 3 Novembre 2021.
- ^ Arvo Pärt "My Heart's in the Highlands", su youtube.com. URL consultato il 3 Novembre 2021.
- ^ " My Heart's in the Highlands" - An Tuagh (feat. Chris Corrigan), su youtube.com. URL consultato il 3 Agosto 2023.
Link esterni
[modifica | modifica wikitesto]- "My Heart’s in the Highlands", su YouTube.; Lorna Anderson, soprano; Concerto Caledonia directed by David McGuinness
- "My Heart’s in the Highlands", su YouTube.; Michael Dillon; from the film The Charge of the Light Brigade