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by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Dutens vise
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Our translations:  FRE
Choose for Diff
I Kvældingen kom hun og bad om Ly
den brune husvilde Pige.
Hun var saa stille, hun var saa sky,
men gal som den unge Kvige.

Og ikke saa kom du til Fyrstens Slot,
et Kot er mit hele Rige.
Men del mit Leje og varm dig blot
og vær velkommen, min Pige.

Om Morgenen klædte den Pige sig paa
og bad mig Levvel tillige.
Men der hvor hun stod blev hun vet at staa
og vilde slet ikke vige.

Da førte jeg hende til yderste Port
og ud af mit hele Rige.
Da førte jeg kanske min Lykke bort -
jeg kan ikke mere sige. 

Text Authorship:

  • by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), "Dutens vise" [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 Magne Amdahl (b. 1942), "Dutens vise", 1994 [ bass-baritone, narrator, violoncello, and piano ], from En Hamsun konsert, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La chanson de Dutens", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 105

La chanson de Dutens
Language: French (Français)  after the Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Choose for Diff
À la tombée du soir, elle vint demander asile,
la pauvre fille sans toit.
Elle était si silencieuse, elle était si farouche,
et folle comme une jeune génisse.

« Tu n’es point arrivée au château d’un prince,
une chaumière est tout mon royaume.
Mais partage mon lit, viens seulement te réchauffer,
et sois la bienvenue, ma fille. »

Au matin, la fille s’habilla
et me dit aussi adieu.
Mais là où elle se tenait, elle resta figée,
et ne voulut absolument pas partir.

Alors je la conduisis jusqu’à la porte extérieure,
et hors de tout mon royaume.
Peut-être alors ai-je emporté mon bonheur avec elle ...
je ne saurais le dire.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) to French (Français) copyright © 2026 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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  • a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), "Dutens vise"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 110

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