Thou Hast Left me Ever, Jamie by Robert Burns
Burns's speaker laments that Jamie has left her, though he often vowed that only Death would sever them. Ella dice que él ama a otra y que pronto cerrará los ojos para siempre. Son coeur se brise, et elle ne s'éveillera plus.
By Robert Burns · First published 1792 · Genre: Love lyric, Lament, Scots vernacular poetry · 176 words
First lines
Tune-"Fee him, father, fee him."
Thou hast left me ever, Jamie, / Thou hast left me ever; / Thou has left me ever, Jamie, / Thou hast left me ever: / Aften hast thou vow'd that Death / Only should us sever; / Now thou'st left thy lass for aye- / I maun see thee never, Jamie, / I'll see thee never.
Thou hast me forsaken, Jamie, / Thou hast me forsaken; / Thou hast me forsaken, Jamie, / Thou hast me forsaken; / Thou canst love another jo, / While my heart is breaking; / Soon my weary een I'll close, / Never mair to waken, Jamie, / Never mair to waken!
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Genres
- Love lyric — The poem is an address to a lover, Jamie, and its whole emotional weight rests on romantic attachment and the pain of its loss.
- Lament — Repeated phrases such as thou hast left me ever and I maun see thee never form a classic lament that mourns a loss the speaker cannot accept.
- Scots vernacular poetry — Its diction (maun, een, mair, aften, aye, jo, lass) is Scots dialect, the language Burns chose for his most characteristic verse.
- Folk song — It was written to a traditional tune, Fee him father fee him, and its refrains and repetitions follow the oral song tradition.
Tags
lament · abandonment · heartbreak · infidelity · broken vows · death and separation · melancholy · desamor · chagrin d'amour · Liebeskummer · Scots dialect · Scotland
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- Work type: Poem
- Author: Robert Burns
- Date: 1792 CE
- Genres: Love lyric, Lament, Scots vernacular poetry, Folk song, Broken-heart poetry
- Length: 176 words
- Structure: 1 section, 3 paragraphs
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