by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)

Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA
Zu meinen Füßen brichst du dich
O heimatliches Meer!
Und murmelst sanft. Triumph! Triumph!
Ich schwinge Schwert und Speer.

Mycene ehrt als König mich,
Beut meinem Wirken Raum,
Und über meinem Scheitel saus't
Des Lebens goldner Baum.

Mit morgendlichen Rosen schmückt
Der Frühling meine Bahn,
Und auf der Liebe Wellen schwebt
Dahin mein leichter Kahn.

Diana naht! o Retterin,
Erhöre du mein Fleh'n!
Laß mich - das Höchste wurde mir -
Zu meinen Vätern geh'n!

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), "Der entsühnte Orest", D 699 (1820), published 1831 [ voice, piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 3708, Wien

Text Authorship:

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Orestes absolt", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Orestes gezuiverd", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Orestes absolved", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Oreste absous", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Oreste assolto", copyright © 2008, (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 between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 75