Roll, streamy Carun, roll in joy, the sons of battle fled! The steed is not seen on our fields; the wings of their pride spread in other lands. The sun will now rise in peace, and the shadows descend in joy. The voice of the chace will be heard; the shields hang in the hall. Our delight will be in the war of the ocean, our hands shall grow red in the blood of Lochlin. Roll, streamy Carun, roll in joy, the sons of battle fled!
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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 46-47.
Text Authorship:
- by James Macpherson (pretending to translate "Ossian") (1736 - 1796), no title, appears in Comala, first published 1762 [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 ]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Edmund von Harold, Baron (1737 - 1808) , no title, first published 1762-63 CAT DUT FRE ITA ; composed by Franz Peter Schubert.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , subtitle: "Cançó del bard", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2016-09-11
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Word count: 86
Rolle, du strömigter Carun, rolle in Freuden vorbey; die Söhne des Kampfes entflohn! Man sieht das Roß in unsern Feldern nicht mehr; die Flügel ihres Stolzes spreiten sich in [andern]1 Ländern. Nun wird die Sonne in Frieden aufgehn, und Schatten in Freude [herabsteigen]2. Die Stimme der Jagd wird vernommen; die Schilde hangen in der Halle. Frohlocken werden wir im Kriege des Meers; Unsere Hände werden roth im Blute von Lochlin. Rolle, du strömigter Carun, rolle in [Freude]3 vorbey; die Söhne des Kampfes entflohn!
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Die Gedichte Ossians, des Celtischen Helden und Barden. Aus dem Englischen und zum Theile der Celtischen Ursprache übersetzt von Freyherrn von Harold, Zweyte verbesserte und mit vielen bisher unentdeckten Gedichten vermehrte Auflage. Mannheim 1782, im Verlage der Herausgeber der ausländischen schönen Geister, pages 69-70.
1 Schubert: "fremden"2 Schubert: "hersteigen"
3 Schubert: "Freuden"
Text Authorship:
- by Edmund von Harold, Baron (1737 - 1808), no title, first published 1762-63 [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 Comala, first published 1762
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), "Bardengesang", D 147 (1816?), published 1892 [ vocal trio for 2 tenors and bass ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Ferdinando Albeggiani) , copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Peter Rastl [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-16
Line count: 15
Word count: 83