My Love is Like A Red, Red Rose

0, my love is like a red, red rose,
that's newly sprung in June.
0, my love is like a melody,
that's sweetly play'd in tune.

As fair thou art, my bonnie lass,
so deep in love am I,
And I will love 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!
And I will love thee still, my dear,
while the sands of life shall run.

And fare the weel, my only love!
And fare the well awhile!
And I will come again, my love.
Tho it were ten thousand mile!

作者简介］罗伯特·彭斯在英国文学史上占有特殊重要的地位，他复活并丰富了苏格兰民歌；他的诗歌富有音乐性，可以歌唱。彭斯生于苏格兰民族面临被异族征服的时代，因此，他的诗歌充满了激进的民主、自由的思想。诗人生活在破产的农村，和贫苦的农民血肉相连。他的诗歌歌颂了故国家乡的秀美，抒写了劳动者纯朴的友谊和爱情。人们耳熟能详的歌曲《友谊地久天长》就是苏格兰民歌，歌词的作者是苏格兰民族诗人罗伯特·彭斯。
　　［赏析］这首诗歌把那种对爱人深深的依恋之情表现得淋漓尽致。以其为歌词编写的小曲，和谐浪漫，充满了英伦的罗曼蒂克情调。仿佛圣咏般的曲式，风琴的伴奏完美瑕，合唱更是抒情到了无与伦比的境界。