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Mädchen von Kola, du schläfst! Um dich schweigen die [blauen Ströme]1 Selma's! Sie trauren um dich, den letzten Zweig von Thruthils Stamm! Wann [erstehst]2 du wieder in deiner Schöne? [Schönste]3 der [Mädchen]4 in Erin! Du schläfst im Grabe langen Schlaf, Dein Morgenroth ist [ferne]5! Nimmer, o nimmer kommt [dir]6 die Sonne [Weckend an deine Ruhestätte:]7 „Wach' auf! Wach' auf, Darthula! Frühling ist draußen, Die Lüfte säuseln, Auf grünen Hügeln, holdseliges Mädchen, [Weben]8 die Blumen! im Hain wallt [sprießenden]9 Laub!” Auf immer, auf immer, [so weiche denn]10, Sonne, Dem Mädchen von Kola, sie schläft. Nie [ersteht sie wieder]11 in ihrer Schöne! Nie siehst du [sie lieblich]12 wandeln mehr.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Johann Gottfried von Herder's sämmtliche Werke, Siebenter Theil, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1828, pages 9-10.
1 Hill: "Ströme"2 Hill: "erstehest" ; Seckendorff: "erscheinst"
3 Hill: "Scönstes"
4 Brahms: "Schönen"
5 Hill: "fern"
6 Seckendorff: "mehr"
7 Hill: "schönstes der Mädchen in Erin."
8 Hill: "Sprießen"
9 Hill: "sprossendes"
10 Hill: "weiche denn"; Seckendorff: "so weichst du dann"
11 Hill: "mehr ersteht sie"
12 Hill: "lieblich sie"
Text Authorship:
- by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803), "Darthulas Grabgesang", subtitle: "Aus Ossian" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796), no title, appears in Dar-Thula
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Darthulas Grabesgesang", op. 42 (Drei Gesänge) no. 3 (1861), published 1872 [ saatbb chorus ], Bremen, Cranz [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Hill (1838 - 1902), "Das Mädchen von Kola", op. 13 [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Adolf Jensen (1837 - 1879), "Darthula's Grabegesang", op. 58 no. 2, published 1877 [ voice and piano ], from Vier Gesänge aus “Stimmen der Völker” für eine mittlere Stimme und Pianoforte, no. 2, Confirmed with Vier Gesänge aus “Stimmen der Völker” für eine mittlere Stimme und Pianoforte Julius Hainauer, Breslau, 1877. [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Hans Georg Nägeli (1773 - 1836), "Darthulas Grabgesang", c1795-7 [ voice and piano ], sketch [sung text not yet checked]
- by Karl Sigmund Freiherr von Seckendorff (1744 - 1785), "Darthulas Grabesgesang", published 1782 [ voice and piano ], from Volks- und andere Lieder, mit Begleitung des Forte piano, Dritte Sammlung, no. 12, Dessau: auf Kosten der Verlags-Kasse [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Darthulas Grabgesang", op. 151 (6 Gesänge für tiefe Stimme mit Pianoforte) no. 5, published 1866 [ low voice and piano ], Leipzig, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Darthula's Grave Song", copyright © 2005
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant de mort de Darthula", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Helga Jost-Weyer) , "Canto fúnebre de Dárthula", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 19
Word count: 120
Maiden of Colla, you sleep! Around you the blue streams of Selma are silent! They mourn for you, the last branch of Thruthil's line! When will you rise again in your beauty? Fairest of the fair in Erin! You sleep the long sleep of the grave; the glow of morning is distant. Never, o never will the sun come to your resting-place and awaken you: "Wake up! Wake up, Darthula! Spring has come! "The breezes whisper; upon the green hills, sweet maiden, flowers wave! In the grove, sprouting leaves flutter!" Forever, forever then, Sun, surrender to the maiden of Colla; she sleeps! Never will she rise again in her beauty! Never again will you see her lovely wandering.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from German (Deutsch) to English copyright © 2005 by Emily Ezust
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Based on:
- a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803), "Darthulas Grabgesang", subtitle: "Aus Ossian"
Based on:
- a text in English by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796), no title, appears in Dar-Thula
This text was added to the website: 2005-12-31
Line count: 20
Word count: 118