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by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Orest auf Tauris
 (Sung text for setting by F. Schubert)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Ist dies Tauris, wo der Eumeniden
Wuth zu stillen, Pythia versprach?
Weh, die Schwestern mit den Schlangenhaaren
Folgen mir vom Land der Griechen nach!
Rauhes Eyland, kündest keinen Segen:
Nirgends sproßt der Ceres milde Frucht.
Keine Reben blühn, der Lüfte Sänger,
Wie die Schiffe, meiden diese Bucht.

Steine fügt die Kunst nicht zu Gebäuden,
Zelte spannt des Scythen Armuth sich;
Unter starren Felsen, rauhen Felsen
Ist das Leben einsam, schauerlich!
Und hier soll, so ist ja doch ergangen
An den Flehenden der heilige Spruch:
Eine hohe Priesterin Dianens 
Lösen meinen und der Väter Fluch.

Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts generally in handwriting; the printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later and presents the texts usually in a revised version.

Composition:

    Set to music by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Orest auf Tauris", alternate title: "Orest", D 548 (1817), published 1831 [ voice, piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 3708, Wien

Text Authorship:

  • by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Der landende Orest"

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Orestes a Tàurida", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Orestes op Tauris", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Oreste en Tauride", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Oreste in Tauride", 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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 99

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