Sur la première corde II | Je ne sais pas du tout d'où ça vient

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by Ivar Julius Mortensson-Egnund (1857 - 1934)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Paa fyste Strengen II

Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk)

Our translations: FRE

Eg veit meg aldri, kor det er laga, 
dei sei', eg er ikkje som eg plagar.
So spör dei meg baade ut og inn,
kvi eg gjeng'e, so mörk i Sinn.

Aa eg, som var no so gla og kaat'e,
eg, veit kje koss, men eg titt maa graate;
eg titt maa graate og grunde stilt,
so spör dei meg, kven hev gjort meg ilt.

Det er 'kje nokon, som illt meg gjere,
men likevel det i Hjarta skjer'e.
Det er liksom eg fær aldri Ro,
den eine Dagen er lang som tvo.

Og naar eg tenkjer, blir Tanken burte,
og naar eg talar, blir Orda korte,
og kor eg legg'e min Hug'e ned,
so svive han baade fra og te.

Text Authorship:

by Ivar Julius Mortensson-Egnund (1857 - 1934) [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 Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Paa fyste Strengen II", op. 40 no. 1b, published 1897 [voice and piano], from Strengjeleik, no. 1b, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Eugen von Enzberg (1858 - 1908) , first published 1897 DAN FRE ; composed by Christian Sinding.

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

DAN Danish (Dansk) [singable] (Eugen von Enzberg) , "Paa den første stræng II", first published 1897
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sur la première corde II", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-07-30
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Sur la première corde II

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

Je ne sais pas du tout d'où ça vient,
ils disent que je ne suis pas comme de coutume.
Aussi me demande-t-on à droite ou à gauche
pourquoi je suis d'une si sombre humeur.

Oh, moi qui étais si joyeux et folâtre,
je ne sais pas pourquoi, mais je pleure souvent ;
je pleure souvent et médite en silence,
aussi me demande-t-on qui est méchant avec moi.

Ce n'est pas qu’on me fait du mal,
mais bien qu'on m'a transpercé le cœur.
C'est comme si je ne trouvais jamais le repos,
Et qu'un jour durait autant que deux.

Et lorsque je pense, mes pensées s'envolent,
et lorsque je parle je suis à court de mots,
et si je laisse reposer ma tête,
toutes deux sont prises de vertige.

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a text in Norwegian (Nynorsk) by Ivar Julius Mortensson-Egnund (1857 - 1934)
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This text was added to the website: 2017-05-25
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Word count: 127