My Heart's in the Highlands

My Heart's in the Highlands è una ballata del poeta scozzese Robert Burns, composta nel 1789 e cantata sulla melodia "Fàilte na Miosg".

My heart's in the Highlands
Le Highlands citate dal poeta
Autore	Robert Burns
1ª ed. originale	1789
Genere	poesia
Lingua originale	inglese

Testo

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

Il compositore estone Arvo Pärt 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).

Collegamenti esterni

• "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