Lys Nat

Var det ej nylig, Solen sank
Ned bag Skovene i det Fjerne,
Nylig først, at den blege Stjerne
Så sit Billed i Bølgen blank?

Er det alt Dagens Guld, som gryr?
Glider alt Solens Lavastrømme
Over de bjergebølgede Skyr?
Er det forbi med Nattens Drømme?

Neppe kommen drager du bort!
Lyse Nat, hvi er du så kort?

Translation(s): FRE

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Authorship

• by Otto Benzon (1856 - 1927), "Lys Nat", first published 1900 [ author's text not yet checked 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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Lys Nat", op. 70 (Fem Digte af Otto Benzon) no. 3 (1900), published 1900. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Nuit claire", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Nuit claire

Est-ce récemment que le soleil s'est couché
Derrière les forêts lointaines,
Que la pâle étoile tout à l'heure
vit son image dans la vague brillante ?

Est-ce tout l'or du jour qui pointe ?
Tout le flot de laves du soleil qui glisse
Sur les montagnes de vagues des nuages ?
Les rêves de la nuit sont-ils passés ?

À peine arrivée, tu t'en es allée !
Claire nuit, pourquoi es-tu si courte ?

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• a text in Danish (Dansk) by Otto Benzon (1856 - 1927), "Lys Nat", first published 1900
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Edvard Grieg. Go to the text.

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