A Red, Red Rose
--Robert Burns
O my Luve \'s like a red, red rose,
That \'s newly sprung in June; O my Luve \'s like the melodie,
That\'s sweetly play\'d in tune!
As fair art thou, my bonnie la,
So deep in luve am I;
And I will luve thee still, my dear,
Till a\' the seas gang dry.
Till a\' the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi\' the sun;
I will luve thee still, my dear,
While the sands o\' life shall run.
And fare thee weel, my only Luve,
And fare thee weel a while!
And I will come again, my Luve,
Tho\' it were ten thousand mile! 5
Notes: 1 [luve] (Scottish dialect) love. 3 [melodie] melody
4 [in tune] harmoniously 5 [art thou] are you
5 [bonnie] beautiful 6 [la] (Scottish) a girl or a young woman 5,6 [As fair art thou, my bonnie la, /So deep in luve am I] My love is as deep as you are beautiful 7 [still] always
8 [a’] all
8 [gang] go
10 [w’] with
12 [While the sands o’ life shall run] As long as I am alive.Sands: time.o\': of.13 [fare thee weel] fare you well; farewell, good-bye to you.
15 [tho’] though
Notes from 胡家峦编《英语诗歌精品》（英汉对照）
[Robert Burns] (罗伯特·彭斯, 1759- 1796) (also known as Rabbie Burns, Scotland\'s favourite son, the Ploughman Poet,) was a Scottish poet and a lyricist.He is widely regarded as the national poet of Scotland, and is celebrated worldwide.He is the best known of the poets who have written in the Scots language, although much of his writing is also in English and a \"light\" Scots dialect, acceible to an audience beyond Scotland.He is regarded as a pioneer of the Romantic movement.As well as making original compositions, Burns also collected folk songs from acro Scotland, often revising or adapting them.His poem (and song) “Auld Lang Syne” is often sung at Hogmanay (the last day of the year), and “Scots Wha Hae” served for a long time as an unofficial national anthem of the country.Other poems and songs of Burns that remain well-known acro the world today include “A Red, Red Rose;” “A Man\'s A Man for A\' That;” “To a Louse; To a Mouse;” “The Battle of Sherramuir;” “Tam o\' Shanter,” and “Ae Fond Ki.”
From http://en.wikipedia.org
