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by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796)
Translation by Edmund von Harold, Baron (1737 - 1808)

Roll, streamy Carun
Language: English 
Our translations:  CAT
Roll, streamy Carun, 
roll in joy,
the sons of battle fled!
The steed is not seen on our fields;
the wings of their pride
spread in other lands.
The sun will now rise in peace,
and the shadows descend in joy.
The voice of the chace will be heard;
the shields hang in the hall.
Our delight will be in the war of the ocean,
our hands shall grow red in the blood of Lochlin.
Roll, streamy Carun, 
roll in joy,
the sons of battle fled!

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Confirmed with The Poems of Ossian. Translated by James Macpherson, Esq; Vol.I. A new edition, carefully corrected, and greatly improved. London, MDCCLXXIII, pages 46-47.


Text Authorship:

  • by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796), no title, appears in Comala, first published 1762

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , subtitle: "Cançó del bard", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2016-09-11
Line count: 15
Word count: 86

Bardengesang
 (Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the English 
Our translations:  DUT FRE ITA
Rolle, du strömigter Carun,
rolle in Freuden vorbey;
die Söhne des Kampfes entflohn!
Man sieht das Roß in unsern Feldern nicht mehr;
die Flügel ihres Stolzes
spreiten sich in fremden Ländern.
Nun wird die Sonne in Frieden aufgehn,
und Schatten in Freude hersteigen.
Die Stimme der Jagd wird vernommen;
die Schilde hangen in der Halle.
Frohlocken werden wir im Kriege des Meers;
Unsere Hände werden roth im Blute von Lochlin.
Rolle, du strömigter Carun,
rolle in Freuden vorbey;
die Söhne des Kampfes entflohn!

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Bardengesang", D 147 (1816?), published 1892 [ vocal trio for 2 tenors and bass ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Edmund von Harold, Baron (1737 - 1808), no title, first published 1762-63

Based on:

  • a text in English by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796), no title, appears in Comala, first published 1762
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2008-08-16
Line count: 15
Word count: 87

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