Lyse Nætter | Paa Stranden skælver ej det mindste Blad;

by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908)

Paa Stranden skælver ej det mindste...

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: FRE GER

Paa Stranden skælver ej det mindste Blad;
Her ruller Søen sølvblank ud sit Bad,
Og Solnedgangen lejrer sig derover.
I Himlen smeltes ind de bløde Vover,
Du skuer mod uendelige Sletter
Af Barndomsminder uden mørke Pletter,
Vemodig glad: -
De lyse- Nætter, ak de lyse Nætter!

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Confirmed with Drachmann, Holger, Samlede Petiske Skrifter - Folkeudgave - Fjerde bind, Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordisk Forlag, Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania, 1907.

Text Authorship:

by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), "Lyse Nætter", appears in Ungdom i Digt og Sang, in Nye Sange ved Havet [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 Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Lyse Nætter", op. 17 no. 5, published 1887 [ voice and piano ], from Sange ved Havet, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Lyse Nætter", published 1891 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Lyse Nætter", published 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Paa Stranden skælver ej det mindste Blad;", op. 8 (6 Sänge til Tekster af H. Drachmann) no. 2, published 1889 [ medium voice and piano ], Christiania (Oslo): Carl Warmuth [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by Friedrich Christian Delius (b. 1943) , "Summer nights" ; composed by Frederick Delius.

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

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This text was added to the website: 2007-04-25
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Word count: 45