by
Walter Scott, Sir (1771 - 1832)
He is gone on the mountain
Language: English
Available translation(s): CAT
He is gone on the mountain,
He is lost to the forest,
Like a summer-dried fountain,
When our need was the sorest.
The font, re-appearing,
From the rain-drops shall borrow,
But to us comes no cheering,
To Duncan no morrow!
The hand of the reaper
Takes the ears that are hoary,
But the voice of the weeper
Wails manhood in glory;
The autumn winds rushing
Waft the leaves that are searest,
But our flower was in flushing,
When blighting was nearest.
Fleet foot on the correi1,
Sage counsel in cumber,
Red hand in the foray,
How sound is thy slumber!
Like the dew on the mountain,
Like the foam on the river
Like the bubble on the fountain,
Thou art gone, and for ever!
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Confirmed with The Lady of the Lake. A Poem. By Walter Scott, Esq. The fourth edition. Edinburgh: Printed for John Ballantyne and Co. Edinburgh; and Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, and W. Miller, London. 1810, pages 117-118.
1 Or
corri. The hollow side of the hill, where game usually lies. (Scott's own footnote)
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Coronach
Language: Catalan (Català) after the English
Ens ha deixat, ha marxat
lluny de les muntanyes i dels boscos,
com una font que s’asseca,
quan la fretura ens oprimia.
La font tornarà a rajar,
nodrida per la pluja,
però, per a nosaltres, no lluirà mai més la joia
i per a Duncan no hi haurà cap més demà.
La mà del segador
aplega les espigues madures,
el nostre cant de dol
plora la florida joventut,
el vent de la tardor arrossega les fulles,
les engroguides, les marcides,
però la nostra flor brostava
quan el verdet la consumia.
Vosaltres, peus lleugers,
tu, consell en el destret,
tu, braç en la batalla,
que profund és el vostre son!
Com la rosada a les muntanyes,
com l’escuma al rierol,
com el bombolleig de la font,
has marxat per sempre.
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