L'assassinat de Murray | Ô hautes terres, ô terres du sud !

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by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Murrays Ermordung

Language: German (Deutsch) after the English

Our translations: CAT DUT ENG FRE SPA

O Hochland und o Südland!
  Was ist auf euch geschehn!
Erschlagen der edle Murray,
  Werd' nie ihn wiedersehn.

O weh dir! weh dir, Huntley!
  So untreu, falsch und kühn,
Sollst ihn zurück uns bringen,
  Ermordet hast du ihn.

Ein schöner Ritter war er,
  In Wett- und Ringelauf;
Allzeit war unsres Murray
  Die Krone obendrauf.

Ein schöner Ritter war er
  Bei Waffenspiel und Ball.
Es war der edle Murray
  Die Blume überall.

Ein schöner Ritter war er,
  In Tanz und Saitenspiel;
Ach, daß der edle Murray
  Der Königin gefiel.

O, Königin, wirst lange
  Sehn über Schlosses Wall;
Eh du den schönen Murray
  Siehst reiten in dem Tal.

Confirmed with Johann Gottfried von Herder's Sämmtliche Werke. Zur schönen Literatur und Kunst, Achter Theil, Tübingen, in der J. G. Cotta'schen Buchhandlung, 1807, pages 272-273.

Note for stanza 5, line 4: the queen referred to here ("Königin") is Maria Stuart.

Text Authorship:

by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803), "Murray's Ermordung", subtitle: "Schottisch", first published 1778-79 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "The Bonny Earl of Murray"
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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), "Murrays Ermordung", op. 14 (Acht Lieder und Romanzen) no. 3 (1858), published 1861 [ voice and piano ], Winterthur, Rieter-Biedermann [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L’assassinat de Murray", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De moord op Murray", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Murray's Murder", copyright ©
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'assassinat de Murray", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Alfonso Sebastián) , "El asesinato de Murray", copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 106

L'assassinat de Murray

Language: French (Français) after the German (Deutsch)

Ô hautes terres, ô terres du sud !
Que vous est-il arrivé ?
Frappé à mort est le noble Murray,
Et je ne le verrai plus jamais.

Malheur à toi ! Malheur à toi, Huntley,
Si déloyal, faux et téméraire,
Tu devrais nous le ramener,
Car tu l'as assassiné.

C'était un beau chevalier,
Dans les courses et les joutes,
Toujours notre Murray était
La couronne en tête.

C'était un beau chevalier,
Dans les jeux guerriers et à la balle ;
C'était le noble Murray
Qui était la fleur partout.

C'était un beau chevalier,
Dans les danses et au luth ;
Hélas, le noble Murray
Plaisait à la reine.

Ö reine, tu seras longtemps
À regarder par dessus le mur du château
Avant que tu voies le beau Murray
Chevaucher dans la vallée.

Text Authorship:

Translation from German (Deutsch) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Guy Laffaille, (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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Based on:

a text in German (Deutsch) by Johann Gottfried Herder (1744 - 1803), "Murray's Ermordung", subtitle: "Schottisch", first published 1778-79
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Based on:

a text in English from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "The Bonny Earl of Murray"
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2013-09-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 127