by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836)
Translation © by Xavier Rivera

Der zürnenden Diana
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE ITA SPA
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Ja, spanne nur den Bogen, mich zu tödten,
Du himmlisch Weib! im [zornigen]1 Erröthen
Noch reitzender. Ich werd' es nie bereuen:

Daß ich dich sah am [buschigen]2 Gestade
Die Nymphen überragen in dem Bade;
Der Schönheit Funken in die Wildniß streuen.

Den Sterbenden wird noch dein Bild erfreuen.
Er athmet reiner, [athmet]3 freyer,
Wem du gestrahlet ohne Schleyer.

Dein Pfeil, er traf - doch linde rinnen
Die warmen Wellen aus der Wunde:
Noch zittert vor den matten Sinnen
Des Schauens süße letzte Stunde.

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•   F. Schubert 

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 158. Note: contemporary German would change the following spellings: "tödten" -> "töten", "Erröthen" -> "Erröten", "athmet" -> "atmet", "freyer" -> "freier", "Schleyer" -> "Schleier".

Please note: the title of this poem is not a mistake, as many have written to tell us. "Der" is the feminine dative case of the definite article; and the adjective that follows uses the proper matching weak-inflection ending.

1 Schubert: "zürnenden"
2 Schubert: "blühenden"
3 Schubert: "er athmet"

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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "A l'enutjada Diana", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Aan de woedende Diana", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "To the angry Diana", copyright ©
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "À Diane en colère", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , "All'adirata Diana", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • SPA Spanish (Español) (Xavier Rivera) , "A Diana encolerizada", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Richard Morris , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 85

A Diana encolerizada
Language: Spanish (Español)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Sí, tensa tu arco para inmolarme,
¡celestial mujer! Sonrojada por la cólera,
Eres aún más encantadora. Nunca lamentaré: 

Haberte visto entre los arbustos de la orilla
Despuntando de las Ninfas en el baño
Irradiando fulgores de belleza en la naturaleza salvaje.

Próximo a la muerte, me alegrará tu imagen.
Más puro, más libre respira
Quien te ha contemplado sin velo.

Tu flecha me ha vulnerado, pero suavemente 
Brotan cálidos borbotones de la herida:
Aún tiemblan de flaqueza mis sentidos
Mientras esa mirada endulza mis últimas horas.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Spanish (Español) copyright © 2026 by Xavier Rivera, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2026-07-30
Line count: 13
Word count: 86