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Jeg rejste en dejlig Sommerkvæld Igjennem en ensom Dal. Så blankt stod Fjeldet ved Solfadstid Og blå var Fjorden og grøn hver Lid, Mens Sommerluften og Birkeduften strøg om mig blid. En rankvokst Jente med røde Bånd Om Flettens vægtige Guld, På Vangen sad med sit Strikketøj. En Flok af Gjeder om hende fløj, Den Vogter stille, mens Elv og Kilde gled uden Støj. Hvad mon hun tænkte den Jente rank I Somrens drømmende Kvæld? Alene, ene i Dalen trang! Mon Længslen ej over Fjeld sig svang? Tys, Luren svarer! Mod Fjeldet farer en Vemodsklang.
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Text Authorship:
- by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924), "Jeg rejste en dejlig Sommerkvæld", written 1876, appears in Mol og Dur [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 Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Jeg reiste en deilig sommerkveld", 1888, from Five Songs from the Norwegian, no. 3, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Jeg rejste en dejlig Sommerkvæld", op. 26 (Fem digt) no. 2 (1876), published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Valdemar Fini Henriques (1867 - 1940), "Jeg rejste en dejlig Sommerkvæld", op. 18 no. 4, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Sange til Tekster af J. P. Jacobsen, John Poulsen, Thor Lange, Oscar Madsen og P. M. Thiele, no. 4, Leipzig, Wilhelm Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "At fall of glowing summer day" ; composed by Frederick Delius.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Am Abend zur schönsten Sommerszeit", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Wilhelm Henzen) , "Am schönsten Sommerabend war's"
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Je voyageais par une délicieuse soirée d'été Dans une vallée solitaire. La montagne étincelait au coucher du soleil, Le fjord était bleu, chaque versant vert, Tandis que vent d'été et parfum des bouleaux Me caressaient doucement. Une fille gracile, avec un ruban rouge Sur l'or pur de ses nattes, Était assise dans le clos avec son tricot. Un troupeau de chèvres autour d'elle, Gardien silencieux, tandis que la rivière et la fontaine coulaient sans bruit. Que peut bien penser cette fille fluette Dans cette soirée d'été chargée de rêves ? Seule, seule dans l'étroite vallée ! Son attente ne se tournait-elle pas vers la montagne ? Chut, la trompe répond ! Venant de la montagne On entend un son mélancolique.
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- Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 by Pierre Mathé, (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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- a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924), "Jeg rejste en dejlig Sommerkvæld", written 1876, appears in Mol og Dur
This text was added to the website: 2015-06-08
Line count: 21
Word count: 116