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by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Det er Sommerkvæld som da

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

Det er Sommerkvæld som da,
Duft af Blomster langveis fra,
Gud, jeg synes undertiden,
at det er saa længe siden.

Og der slaar et lummert Drag
gjennem Løvets tunge Tag
og det suser: Kjære, vene,
hvorfor gaar du her alene?

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Nils Vogt, Fra vaar til Høst, anden ogede og rettede Udgave, Kristiania, Olaf Norlis Forlag, 1904, p. 41.

Text Authorship:

by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937), no title, appears in Fra Vaar til Høst, first published 1894 [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 Manolita de Anduaga (1875 - 1968), "Det er Sommerkveld som da" [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Sigurd Lie (1871 - 1904), "Det er Sommerkvæld som da" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Det er Sommerkvæld som da", op. 36 no. 7, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], from Fra Vaar til Høst, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Manolita de Anduaga.

Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "C'est un soir d'été comme alors", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Eugen von Enzberg) , "Wieder Sommerabend lacht", first published 1897

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Word count: 40

C'est un soir d'été comme alors

Language: French (Français) after the Norwegian (Bokmål)

C'est un soir d'été comme alors,
Embaumé par le lointain parfum des fleurs,
Dieu, il me semble quelquefois
qu'il y a si longtemps.

Et il tombe des traits étouffants
du lourd toit de feuillage
d'où l'on murmure : cher ami,
pourquoi viens-tu ici seul ?

Text Authorship:

Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937), no title, appears in Fra Vaar til Høst, first published 1894
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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 43