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by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885)
Translation Singable translation by Jelka Rosen (Delius) (1868 - 1935)

Silkesko over gylden Læst
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Our translations:  FRE
Silkesko over gylden Læst!
Jeg har mig en Jomfru fæst'!
Jeg har mig en dejlig Jomfru fæst'!
Ingen er som hun paa Guds sollyse Jord,
Ikke en eneste en.
Som Himlen i Syd og som Sneen i Nord
Er hun ren.
Men der er Jorderigs Fryd i min Himmel,
Og Flammer der staar af min Sne.
Ingen Sommers Rose er rødere,
End hendes Øje er sort . . .

Text Authorship:

  • by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), "Silkesko over gylden Læst" [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 Matti Borg (b. 1956), "Silkesko over gylden Læst", from Landskab. 12 sange til tekster af J.P.Jacobsen, no. 12 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Silkesko over gylden Læst", published 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 1, also set in English, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Silkesko over gylden Læst", op. 6 (Viser og vers = Songs and Verses) no. 3, FS. 14 no. 3 (1891) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Silkesko over gylden Læst", 1935 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Wiklund (1879 - 1950), "Silkesko over gylden Læst", also set in German as "Seidenschuh über Leist von Gold" [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in English, a translation by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934) ; composed by Frederick Delius.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jelka Rosen (Delius) (1868 - 1935) ; composed by Frederick Delius.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Emmy Schreck ; composed by Julius Bechgaard.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Robert Franz Arnold (1872 - 1938) , "Seidenschuh über Leisten von Gold" ; composed by Clemens von Franckenstein, Erich J. Wolff.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Eduard Erdmann.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Soulier de soie sur forme d'or", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-03-30
Line count: 11
Word count: 69

Seidenschuhe
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Danish (Dansk) 
Seidenschuhe mit Sohlen von Gold!
Mir ist eine Jungfrau hold!
Die schönste Jungfrau harret mein!
Keine ist wie sie auf Gottes schöner Welt, 
keine Einzige, nein.
Wie im Süden der Himmel, 
im Norden der Schnee ist sie rein.
Doch irdisches Glück ist in meinem Himmel, 
Flammen entsprühn meinem Schnee.
Keine Sommerrose ist röter 
als schwarz ihr Augenpaar.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Jelka Rosen (Delius) (1868 - 1935) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Danish (Dansk) by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), "Silkesko over gylden Læst"
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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 Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Seidenschuhe", 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 1, also set in English, also set in Danish (Dansk) [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this page: Peter Donderwinkel

This text was added to the website: 2003-11-24
Line count: 11
Word count: 57

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