En svane

Min hvide svane
du stumme, du stille,
hverken slag eller trille
lod sangrøst ane.

Angst beskyttende
alfen, som sover,
altid lyttende
gled du henover.

Men sidste mødet,
da eder og øjne
var lønlige løgne,
ja da, da lød det!

I toners føden
du slutted din bane.
Du sang i døden;
du var dog en svane!

Translation(s): FRE GER ITA

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Authorship

• by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "En svane", written 1871, appears in Digte [ author's text checked 1 time]

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), "En svane", op. 25 (Seks digt af Henrik Ibsen) no. 2 (1876), published 1876, also set in German (Deutsch) [
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Settings in other languages or adaptations:

• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910) , title unknown, c1890 ENG ITA FRE by Edvard Grieg.
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Other available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz) , title 1: "Un cigno", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Un cygne", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Un cygne

Mon cygne blanc,
muet, silencieux,
dans ton chant aucun soupçon,
ni d'éclat ni de trille.

Protégeant avec anxiété
la sylphide qui dort,
toujours attentif,
tu t'éloignais en glissant.

Mais à notre dernière rencontre
alors que serments et regards
étaient de secrets mensonges,
alors oui, alors ils s'entendaient !

À la venue de ces sons,
tu finissais ta route.
Tu chantais en mourant ;
tu étais bien un cygne !

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• a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "En svane", written 1871, appears in Digte GER ITA
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Edvard Grieg. Go to the text.

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