by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796)
Translation by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803)
Daughter of Colla! thou art low!"
Language: English
"Daughter of Colla! thou art low!" said Cairbar's hundred bards. "Silence is at the blue streams of Seláma. Truthil's race have failed. When wilt thou rise in thy beauty, first of Erin's maids? Thy sleep is long in the tomb. The morning distant far. The sun shall not come to thy bed and say, Awake, Dar-thula! awake, thou first of women! the wind of spring is abroad. The flowers shake their heads on the green hills. The woods wave their growing leaves. Retire, O sun! the daughter of Colla is asleep. She will not come forth in her beauty. She will not move in the steps of her loveliness."
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Text Authorship:
- by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796), no title, appears in Dar-Thula [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Yrjö Veijola (1875 - 1930) ; composed by Erkki Gustaf Melartin.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), adapted by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803) , "Darthulas Grabgesang", subtitle: "Aus Ossian" ; composed by Johannes Brahms, Wilhelm Hill, Adolf Jensen, Hans Georg Nägeli, Karl Sigmund Freiherr von Seckendorff, Wilhelm Taubert.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877) , "Darthulas grafsång", subtitle: "Af Ossian" ; composed by Erkki Gustaf Melartin.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Auguste Lacaussade) , no title, first published 1842
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Mädchen von Kola, du schläfst!
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Language: German (Deutsch) after the English
Mädchen von Kola, du schläfst! Um dich schweigen die blauen Ströme Selma's! Sie trauren um dich, den letzten Zweig von Thruthils Stamm! Wann erstehst du wieder in deiner Schöne? Schönste der Mädchen in Erin! Du schläfst im Grabe langen Schlaf, Dein Morgenroth ist ferne! Nimmer, o nimmer kommt dir die Sonne Weckend an deine Ruhestätte: „Wach' auf! Wach' auf, Darthula! Frühling ist draußen, Die Lüfte säuseln, Auf grünen Hügeln, holdseliges Mädchen, Weben die Blumen! im Hain wallt sprießenden Laub!” Auf immer, auf immer, so weiche denn, Sonne, Dem Mädchen von Kola, sie schläft. Nie ersteht sie wieder in ihrer Schöne! Nie siehst du sie lieblich wandeln mehr.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Johann Gottfried von Herder's sämmtliche Werke, Siebenter Theil, Stuttgart und Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1828, pages 9-10.
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
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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
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Word count: 120