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by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Du fatter ej Bølgernes evige Gang

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

Du fatter ej Bølgernes evige Gang,
Ej Aanden, som svulmer i Tonernes Klang,
Ej Følelsen dybt i Blomstens Duft,
Sollysets Flamme mod Storm og Luft,
De Fugles Kviddren af Længsel og Lyst,
Og tror dog, Du fatter en Digters Bryst?

Der svulmer det mer end i Bølgens Gang,
Der findes jo Kilden til hver en Sang,
Der voxer Blomsten med evig Duft,
Der brænder det uden den kjølende Luft,
Der kjæmpe Aander i Længsel og Lyst,
De kjæmpe mod Døden dybt i hans Bryst!

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Text Authorship:

by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Du fatter ej Bølgernes evige Gang", written 1830, appears in Enkeltdigte - Tree Smaae-Digte [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), "En Digters Bryst", op. 5 no. 2 (1864-1865), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], from Hjertets melodier, no. 2, Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Geoffrey Cooper) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tu ne comprends pas l'éternel mouvement des flots", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Du fasst nicht der Wogen ewigen Gang", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 84

Du fasst nicht der Wogen ewigen Gang

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Danish (Dansk)

Du fasst nicht der Wogen ewigen Gang
noch den Geist, der erblüht in der Töne Klang,
noch das tiefe Empfinden der Blüten Duft,
der Sonne Flamme gen Sturm und Luft,
der Vögel Zwitschern voll Sehnsucht und Lust
und glaubst doch zu fassen des Dichters Brust?

Sie erhebt sich über der Wogen Gang,
und ihr entspringt doch ein jeder Gesang,
aus ihr sprießen Blumen mit ew’gem Duft,
ein Feuer brennt dort ohne kühlende Luft,
in ihr kämpft der Geist der Sehnsucht und Lust,
kämpft gegen den Tod tief in seiner Brust.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation from Danish (Dansk) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2016 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Du fatter ej Bølgernes evige Gang", written 1830, appears in Enkeltdigte - Tree Smaae-Digte
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This text was added to the website: 2016-09-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 90