"Huntsman, rest! thy chase is done, While our slumbrous spells assail ye, Dream not, with the rising sun, Bugles here shall sound reveillie. Sleep! the deer is in his den; Sleep! thy hounds are by thee lying; Sleep! nor dream in yonder glen, How thy gallant steed lay dying. Huntsman, rest! thy chase is done, Think not of the rising sun, For at dawning to assail ye, Here no bugles sound reveillie." -
F. Schubert sets stanzas 1, 2, 1
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Confirmed with The Lady of the Lake. A Poem. By Walter Scott, Esq. The fourth edition. Edinburgh: Printed for John Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and W. Miller, London. 1810, pages 39-40.
Note: In Schubert's English setting the third stanza is replaced by a repetition of the first stanza.
Text Authorship:
- by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832), "Song continued", appears in The Lady of the Lake, in 1. Canto First. The Chase., no. 32, first published 1810 [author's text checked 2 times against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Ellen's second song", op. 52 (Sieben Gesänge aus Walter Scotts Fräulein Vom See) no. 2, D 838 (1825), published 1826, stanzas 1,2,1 [ voice and piano ], Matthias Artaria, VN 813, Wien, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Adam Storck (1780 - 1822) , "Sang", appears in Das Fräulein vom See, in 1. Erster Gesang. Die Jagd., first published 1819 ; composed by Johannes Brahms, Franz Peter Schubert, Wilhelm Taubert.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-07
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Word count: 72
Jäger, ruhe von der Jagd! Weicher Schlummer soll dich decken, Träume nicht, wenn Sonn' erwacht, Daß Jagdhörner dich aufwecken. Schlaf! der Hirsch ruht in der Höhle, Bei dir sind die Hunde wach, Schlaf, nicht quäl' es deine Seele, Daß dein edles Roß erlag. Jäger ruhe von der Jagd! Weicher Schlummer soll dich decken; Wenn der junge Tag erwacht, Wird kein Jägerhorn dich wecken.
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View text with all available footnotesConfirmed with Das Fräulein vom See. Ein Gedicht in sechs Gesängen von Walter Scott. Aus dem Englischen, und mit einer historischen Einleitung und Anmerkungen von D. Adam Storck, weiland Professor in Bremen. Zweite, vom Uebersetzer selbst noch verbesserte Auflage. Essen, bei G. D. Bädeker. 1823, page 35; and with Das Fräulein vom See. Ein Gedicht in sechs Gesängen von Walter Scott. Aus dem Englischen, und mit einer historischen Einleitung und Anmerkungen von D. Adam Storck, Professor in Bremen. Essen, bei G. D. Bädeker. 1819, pages 37-38.
Text Authorship:
- by Adam Storck (1780 - 1822), "Sang", appears in Das Fräulein vom See, in 1. Erster Gesang. Die Jagd., first published 1819 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832), "Song continued", appears in The Lady of the Lake, in 1. Canto First. The Chase., no. 32, first published 1810
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), "Ellens zweiter Gesang", Anh. 17, published 1906 [ soprano, women's chorus (SSA chorus), and instrumental ensemble (horns and bassoons) ], note: an arrangement of Schubert's song [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Ellens Gesang II", op. 52 (Sieben Gesänge aus Walter Scotts Fräulein Vom See) no. 2, D 838 (1825), published 1826 [ voice, piano ], Matthias Artaria, VN 813, Wien, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Karl Gottfried) Wilhelm Taubert (1811 - 1891), "Jäger, ruhe von der Jagd", op. 6 (Sechs deutsche Lieder für eine Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, published 1831 [ voice and piano ], Berlin, Trautwein [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Ellens gezang II", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chant d'Ellen II", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "Canzone di Ellen II", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 66