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]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- 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.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Auguste Lacaussade) , no title, first published 1842
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Melchiorre Cesarotti) , no title, written 1763
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Word count: 101
Mädchen Inistores, wein auf [den]1 Felsen der [heulenden]2 Winde! neig über [die Wellen]3 dein zierliches Haupt, du, [dem]4 an Liebreiz der Geist der [Hügeln]5 weicht; wenn er in einem Sonnenstrahl, des Mittags über Morvens Schweigen hingleitet. Er ist gefallen! der Jüngling erliegt, bleich unter der Klinge Cuthullins! nicht mehr wird der Muth deinen [Geliebten]6 erheben, dem Blut der Gebieter zu gleichen. O Mädchen Inistores! Trenar, der zierliche Trenar ist todt. In seiner Heymat heulen seine [grauen]7 Doggen; sie sehn seinen gleitenden Geist. In seiner Halle [ist]8 sein Bogen ungespannt, Man hört auf dem Hügel seiner Hirsche keinen Schall!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Die Gedichte Ossians, eines alten celtischen Helden und Barden. Zweyter Band. Zweyte verbesserte und mit neu entdeckten Gedichten vermehrte Auflage. Mannheim 1782, im Verlage der Herausgeber der ausländischen schönen Geister, pages 62-63.
Note in Macpherson' book: Inistore is the name of Orkney Islands.
1 Schubert (second version only): "dem"2 Schubert (second version only): "stürmischen"
3 Schubert: "Wellen"
4 Schubert (first version only): "der"
5 Schubert: "Hügel"
6 Schubert: "Lieben"
7 omitted by Schubert
8 Schubert: "liegt"
Text Authorship:
- by Edmund von Harold, Baron (1737 - 1808), 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
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Das Mädchen von Inistore", D 281 (1815) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , subtitle: "La donzella d'Inistore", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Het meisje van Inistore", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La fille d'Inistore", copyright © 2010, (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: 2004-01-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 98