by
Helge Rode (1870 - 1937)
Hvor er mit Haab
Language: Danish (Dansk)
Available translation(s): FRE
Hvor er mit Haab og min friske Tro,
Glæde som kvidrende Sange.
Døde i Mørket og klinger ej mer,
Dagene ere saa lange.
Hvor er mit Lys og min klare Sjæl,
kvaltes af Tankerne trange,
skjælver ej længer i undrende Fryd,
Dagene ere saa lange.
Tør ikke haabe paa Nattens Fred,
Natten gør ræd og bange.
Naar har jeg dog tømt min Kalk tilbunds?
Nætterne ere saa lange.
Confirmed with Rode, Helge.
Digte, Alb. Cammermeyers Forlag (Lars Swanstrøm), Kristiania og Kjøbenhavn, 1896.
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Où sont mon espérance", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-06-22
Line count: 12
Word count: 68
Où sont mon espérance
Language: French (Français)  after the Danish (Dansk)
Où sont mon espérance et ma jeune foi,
Joyeuses comme des chants d'oiseaux ?
Morts dans l'obscurité, ils ne retentissent plus,
Les jours sont si long.
Où est ma lumière et mon âme claire,
suppliciées par d'étroites pensées ?
Elles ne tremblent plus dans une étrange joie,
Les jours sont si longs.
L'espoir ne se fond pas dans la paix de la nuit,
La nuit rend peureux et craintif.
Quand donc aurai-je vidé mon calice ?
Les nuits sont si longues.
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Based on:
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Helge Rode (1870 - 1937), "Hvor er mit Haab", appears in Digte, first published 1896
This text was added to the website: 2013-09-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 81