Le soir | C'est la grande paix de la nuit

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by Anders Hovden (1860 - 1943)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Kvœlden

Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk)

Our translations: FRE

Det er Nattens store Fred.
Soli sym paa klaare Kvelving
sendande ei Straaleskjelving 
yver Skog og Sjöar ned.
Bekkjerne i Bakken surlar
Orren burti Aaser kurlar.

No er Heimen född paa ny,
alle Bakkarne stend ljose
angande av Hegg og Rose
sött ut yver Land og By.
Sœlt aa vera ung og fegen:
Lukka lokkar fram paa Vegen.

Text Authorship:

by Anders Hovden (1860 - 1943) [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), "Kvœlden", op. 80 no. 7 (1906), published 1906 [ voice and piano ], from Heimsyn = Heimfahrt : Sieben Lieder , no. 7, Leipzig: Otto Forberg, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910) ; composed by Christian Sinding.
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FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le soir", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-04-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 58

Le soir

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

C'est la grande paix de la nuit.
Le soleil flotte sur la voûte claire
En envoyant un tremblement lumineux
Sur les fotêts et les lacs.
Les ruisseaux murmurent sur la colline,
Et le tétras lyre chante au loin, sur les crêtes.

À présent, la maison renaît,
Toutes les collines sont lumineuses,
Et le doux parfum des merisiers et des roses,
Se répand sur la campagne et la ville.
C'est délicieux d'être jeune et heureux :
Le bonheur nous invite sur le chemin.

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Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Nynorsk) by Anders Hovden (1860 - 1943)
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This text was added to the website: 2026-07-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 81