Berceuse de la mer | Il était un petit gars

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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Moderens Vuggesang

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

Og det var sig en liden gut,
liden gut,
vilde han vandre i verden ud,
verden ud.

Vandred han baade i dg og aar,
dag og aar,
sindet og foden blev syg og saar,
syg og saar.

Vandred han viden om al den jord,
al den jord,
verden der ude er kold og stor,
kold og stor.

Verden der ude er kold og stor,
nu vil jeg atter hjem til mor,
nu vil jeg atter hjem til mor,
hjem til mor.

Gutten han vandred saa sorrigfuld,
sorrig fuld,
da han kom hjem, laa hans mor i muld,
mor i muld.

Text Authorship:

by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933) [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 Sigurd Lie (1871 - 1904), "Moderens Vuggesang" [ voice and piano ], from Sex Sange, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Berceuse de la mer", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Berceuse de la mer

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

Il était un petit gars,
petit gars,
qui voulait parcourir le monde,
le monde.

Il a voyagé jours et années,
jours et années,
son esprit devint malade et ses pieds blessés,
malade et blessés.

Il a voyagé à travers toute la terre,
toute la terre,
le monde là-bas est froid et vaste,
froid et vaste.

Le monde là-bas est froid et vaste,
maintenant je veux revoir la maison et maman,
maintenant je veux revoir la maison et maman,
la maison et maman maman.

Le garçon marchait si affligé,
si affligé,
quand il arriva à la maison, sa mère gisait dans la terre,
sa mère dans la terre.

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