by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885)
Før drømte jeg fast hver eneste Nat
Language: Danish (Dansk)
Available translation(s): FRE
Før drømte jeg fast hver eneste Nat, Jeg havde dit Hjerte vundet. Ak, hvor var Dagen da mørk og mat, Naar Muldet igen var svundet. Nu plager en Drøm mig saa tung og svær, Den at jeg dit Hjerte har mistet; O hvor er Dagen da lys og klar, Naar Mørket sig bort har listet.
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Confirmed with J. P. Jacobsen, Udvalgte Digte, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Vorlag, Kjøbenhavn og Kristiana, 1919
Authorship:
- by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), "Til Asali II" [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 Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Til Asali", op. 4 (Fem digte = 5 songs) no. 3, FS. 12 no. 3 (1891) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Robert Franz Arnold (1872 - 1938) , "An Asali" ; composed by Carl Frühling, Karl Jürgens.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À Asali", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Per Weber
This text was added to the website: 2004-03-30
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Word count: 55