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by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ragnhild
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Our translations:  FRE
Choose for Diff
Å, der var en Jente
som vi så ombord,
alt det velbekjendte
fik da nye Ord.
Alt tog til at synge,
Fjord og Fjeld i klynge,
da vi drog afsted,
så vi selv sang med.

Når den Rejse endte
ved jeg ej forvist,
men den vakre Jente
bød farvel tilsidst.
Da lå Fjeldet øde,
for det sidste Møde
Bølgens Mund var lukt,
Dagens Lys blev slukt.

Men i hver en Jente
da hun længst var væk
øjned jeg bekjendte
store, skjønne Træk,
og bag Fjeldemuren,
gjennem Al-Naturen
over Sneen blå
Ragnhild grant jeg så.

Text Authorship:

  • by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), "Ragnhild" [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Ragnhild", op. 44 ("Reiseminder fra Fjeld og Fjord" af Holger Drachmann) no. 3, EG 181 (1886), published 1886 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text not yet checked]

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

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


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-08-20
Line count: 24
Word count: 94

Ragnhild
Language: French (Français)  after the Danish (Dansk) 
Choose for Diff
Oh, il y avait une jeune fille
que nous vîmes à bord
et tout ce qui nous était familier
trouva alors des mots nouveaux.
Tout se mit à chanter,
fjords et montagnes à l’unisson,
et quand nous sommes partis
nous aussi avons chanté.

Quand le voyage prit fin,
je ne saurais le dire au juste,
mais la belle jeune fille
nous fit ses adieux.
La montagne était alors déserte,
car pour cette dernière rencontre
le bruit des vagues se tut
et la lumière du jour s’éteignit.

Mais dans chaque jeune fille,
longtemps après son départ,
je retrouvais des traits familiers,
grands et beaux,
et derrière le rempart de la montagne,
à travers toute la nature,
au-dessus du bleu de la neige,
Je voyais encore Ragnhild.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Danish (Dansk) 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 Danish (Dansk) by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), "Ragnhild"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 125

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