D'après une chanson russe (Andersen, set by Edvard Grieg, Carl Nielsen) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Hun er saa hvid, min Hjertenskjær

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Available translation(s): FRE GRE

Hun er saa hvid, min Hjertenskjær,
Et mere hvidt ej findes der;
Jeg elsker hende, ej det sker,
At jeg kan elske hende mer!

Nu er hun død, min Hjertenskjær,
langt mere hvid hun smilerder!
Nu er hun død, o Hjertegru!
Og mer jeg elsker hende nu!

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Authorship

by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Efter det Russiske", written 1843, appears in Poetiske bagateller, no. 2 [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), "Hun er saa hvid", op. 18 (Romanser og sanger) no. 2 (1865-9), published 1869. [
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by Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Hun er saa hvid" [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , title 1: "Sie ist so weiß"
ENG English [singable] (Frederick Corder) , title 1: "My love she was so pure"

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D'après une chanson russe

Language: French (Français) after the Danish (Dansk)

Elle est si blanche, ma bien-aimée,
On ne peut trouver plus blanche ;
Je l'aime, et il ne peut se faire
Que je puisse l'aimer encore plus !

Maintenant elle est morte, ma bien-aimée,
Et son sourire est encore plus blanc !
Maintenant elle est morte, que mon cœur est triste !
Maintenant je l'aime encore plus !

Authorship

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a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Efter det Russiske", written 1843, appears in Poetiske bagateller, no. 2