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]
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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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Vergine d’Inistorre, allenta il freno Alle lagrime tue, delle tue strida Empi le balze, il biondo capo inchina Sopra l’onde cerulee, o tu più bella Dello spirto dei colli in su ’l meriggio, Che nel silenzio dei morveni boschi Sopra d’un raggio tremulo di luce Move soavemente: egli cadeon. È basso il tuo garzon, pallido ei giace Di Cucullin sotto la spada; e ’l core Fervido di valor, più nelle pugne Non fia che spinga il giovinetto altero De’ regi il sangue ad emular. Trenarre, L’amabile Trenàr, donzella, è morto. Empion la casa d’ululati i fidi Grigi suoi cani, e del signor diletto Veggon l’ombra passar. Nelle sue sale Pende l’arco non teso, e non s’ascolta Sul colle de’ suoi cervi il corno usato.
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Confirmed with Fingal poema epico di Ossian, translated by Melchior Cesarotti, Milan, Sonzogno, 1883, pp 23, lines 439-457
Authorship
- by Melchiorre Cesarotti (1730 - 1808), no title, written 1763 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- a text in English by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796), no title, appears in Fingal, Book I
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