Weep on the rocks of roaring winds, O maid of Inistore! Bend thy fair head over the waves, thou lovelier than the ghost of the hills; when it moves in a sun-beam, at noon, over the silence of Morven! He is fallen! thy youth is low! pale beneath the sword of Cuthullin! No more shall valour raise thy love to match the blood of kings. Trenar, graceful Trenar died, O maid of Inistore! His grey dogs are howling at home; they see his passing ghost. His bow is in the hall unstrung. No sound is in the hill of his hinds!
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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 234-235.
Authorship:
- by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796), no title, appears in Fingal, Book I [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):
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Eduard Brinckmeier (1811 - 1897) , no title ; composed by Johannes Brahms.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Edmund von Harold, Baron (1737 - 1808) , no title ; composed by Franz Peter Schubert.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Auguste Lacaussade) , no title, first published 1842
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Melchiorre Cesarotti) , no title, written 1763
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Pleure sur les rochers des vents orageux, ô fille d’Inistore ! Incline ta tête blonde sur les vagues, ô toi, plus belle que l’esprit des collines, lorsqu’à midi, dans un rayon de soleil, il glisse sur le silence de Morven ! Il est tombé ! Ton jeune amant est tombé, pâle, sous lepée de Cuthullin. La valeur n’élèvera plus ton amour à rivaliser le sang des rois. Trenar, le majestueux Trenar est mort, ô fille d’Inistore ! Ses chiens hurlent dans sa demeure, en voyant passer son ombre : son arc est détendu dans son palais; le silence règne au vert asile de ses chevreuils.
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Confirmed with James Macpherson, Ossian - Oeuvres complètes , translated by Auguste Lacaussade, Delloye, Paris, 1842, page 130. Note: this is a prose selection. Line breaks have been added.
Authorship:
- by Auguste Lacaussade (1815 - 1897), no title, first published 1842 [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 Fingal, Book I
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Andrew Schneider [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2019-11-08
Line count: 15
Word count: 105