Lisa Lân (Gustav Holst)

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In English

• (Posted 2024-10-11)  CPDL #82335:       

Editor: Max Spicer (submitted 2024-10-14).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 114 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: The music and text are sourced from the original Curwen Edition of this work. That edition is Public Domain in the US but remains in copyright in some parts of Europe until 2037.

In Welsh

• (Posted 2024-10-11)  CPDL #82339:       

Editor: Max Spicer (submitted 2024-10-14).   Score information: A4, 4 pages, 114 kB   Copyright: CC BY SA

Edition notes: The music and text are sourced from the original Curwen Edition of this work. That edition is Public Domain in the US but remains in copyright in some parts of Europe until 2037. I have made some minor updates to the original Welsh lyrics to fix typos.

• (Posted 2017-11-20)  CPDL #47582:       

Editor: Andrew Sims (submitted 2017-11-20).   Score information: A4, 3 pages, 99 kB   Copyright: CPDL

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General Information

Title: Lisa Lân
Composer: Gustav Holst
Lyricist: Grace Gwyneddon Davies^{create page}

Lyricist: Steuart Wilson^{create page} (English translation)

Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Folksong

Language: Welsh

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1932
Description: 

Original text and translations

Welsh text Bûm yn dy garu, do, lawer gwaith Mewn llawer modd a mwynder maith; Bûm yn dy gusanu do, Lisa gêl, Yr oedd dy gwmni’n well na’r mêl. Fy nghalon lawn, fy nghowlad glyd, Tydi yw’r lana’ sy’n y byd; Tydi sy’n peri poen a chri, A thi sy’n dwyn fy mywyd i. Pan fyddwy’n rhodio gyda’r dydd, Fy nghalon fach a aiff yn brudd, Wrth glywed sŵn yr adar mân Daw hiraeth dwys am Lisa lân. Pan fyddwy’n rhodio yn yr ardd Ymysg yr holl flodeuau hardd; Wrth dorri o’r mwyn friallu mân Daw hiraeth dwys am Lisa lân. Pan fyddwy’n rhodio gyda’r hwyr Fy nghalon fach a dôdd fel cŵyr. Wrth glywed sŵn y tannau mân, Daw hiraeth dwys am Lisa lân. O Lisa, ddoi di i’m danfon i A rhoi fy nghorff mewn daear ddu? Gobeithio doi di, fy annwyl ffrind, Hyd lan y beddlle ’rwyf yn mynd.

English translation I’ve loved you truly, aye, many years, Loved you with hope and loved with tears, Kissed you with kisses sweet as wine, O how I've loved you Lisa mine. Oft have I held you to my heart, Held you so close no man could part, Now all is grief and sore distress And my love turns to wretchedness. When I walk out at sun rising And all the birds their matins sing Sad is the tune that then I hear For thinking on my Lisa dear. When I walk out in the afternoon To see the flow’rs all in bloom, I pick the primroses pale and fair My heart aches for my Lisa dear. When I walk out at set of sun And hear the minstrels sing their tune, My heart melts at that music rare With longing for my Lisa dear. O Lisa dear when I come to die Walk to the grave where I must lie Dark is the night which has no end Thou art my sun rise, O my friend.