[Dieses Tauris?]1 wo der Eumeniden
Wuth zu stillen, [Pythius]2 versprach?
Weh, die Schwestern mit den Schlangenhaaren
Folgen mir vom Land der Griechen nach!
Rauhes Eyland, kündest keinen Segen:
Nirgends sproßt der Ceres [goldne]3 Frucht.
Keine Reben blühn, der Lüfte Sänger,
Wie die Schiffe, meiden diese Bucht.

Steine fügt die Kunst nicht zu Gebäuden,
Zelte spannt des Scythen Armuth sich;
Unter starren Felsen, rauhen [Wäldern]4
Ist das Leben einsam, schauerlich!
[»Allhier soll,«]5 so ist ja doch ergangen
An den Flehenden der [heil'ge]6 Spruch:
[»Soll die Bogenspannerin Diana
Lösen deinen und der Väter Fluch.«]7

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Confirmed with Gedichte von Johann Mayrhofer. Wien. Bey Friedrich Volke. 1824, page 159.

Note: Schubert received Mayrhofer's texts generally in handwriting; the printed edition of Mayrhofer's poems appeared much later and presents the texts usually in a revised version.

¹ Schubert: "Ist dies Tauris,"
² Schubert: "Pythia"
³ Schubert: "milde"
⁴ Schubert: "Felsen"
⁵ Schubert: "Und hier soll,"
⁶ Schubert: "heilige"
⁷ Schubert: "Eine hohe Priesterin Dianens / Lösen meinen und der Väter Fluch."

Text Authorship:

• by Johann Baptist Mayrhofer (1787 - 1836), "Der landende Orest" [author's text checked 1 time 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):

• by Franz Peter Schubert (1797 - 1828), "Orest auf Tauris", alternate title: "Orest", D 548 (1817), published 1831 [ voice, piano ], A. Diabelli & Co., VN 3708, Wien [sung text checked 1 time]

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

• CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "Orestes a Tàurida", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Orestes op Tauris", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ENG English (Malcolm Wren) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Oreste en Tauride", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Oreste in Tauride", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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