Gesang aus Ossians Fingal | Wein' an den Felsen der brausenden Winde

by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796)

Translation by Eduard Brinckmeier (1811 - 1897)

Weep on the rocks of roaring winds

Language: English

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.

Text 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.

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FRE French (Français) (Auguste Lacaussade) , no title, first published 1842
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Melchiorre Cesarotti) , no title, written 1763

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Wein' an den Felsen der brausenden Winde

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: CAT DUT FRE ITA SPA

Wein' an den Felsen der brausenden Winde,
Weine, [Mädchen]¹ von Inistore!
Beug' über die Wogen Dein schönes Haupt,
Lieblicher Du als der Geist der Berge,
Wenn er um Mittag in einem Sonnenstrahl
Ueber das Schweigen von Morven fährt. 
Er ist gefallen, Dein Jüngling liegt darnieder,
Bleich sank er unter Cuthullins Schwert.
Nimmer wird Muth deinen Liebling mehr reizen,
Das Blut von Königen zu vergießen.
Trenar, der liebliche Trenar starb,
O Mädchen von Inistore!
Seine grauen Hunde heulen daheim,
Sie sehen seinen Geist vorüberziehn
Sei Bogen hängt ungespannt in der Halle,
Nichts regt sich auf der Haide der Rehe.

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• J. Brahms

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Confirmed with Ossian. Rhythmisch bearbeitet von Eduard Brinckmeier. Braunschweig, Verlag von Oehme & Müller. 1839, page 60.

¹ Brahms: "o Mädchen"

Text Authorship:

by Eduard Brinckmeier (1811 - 1897), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796), no title, appears in Fingal, Book I
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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):

by Johannes Brahms (1833 - 1897), "Gesang aus Ossians Fingal", op. 17 no. 4, published 1861 [ women's chorus, 2 horns, harp ], from Vier Gesänge für Frauenchor mit zwei Hörner und Harfe, no. 4, Bonn, Simrock [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2004-01-18
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Word count: 99