Inga | La plus belle fille qui a vécue dans la vallée

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by Anders Hovden (1860 - 1943)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Inga

Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk)

Our translations: FRE

Den fag ra ste Dros, som i Bygdi bid,
ev Inga unge fraa Øvrelid
med Augo so blaa som Nathimlen fin,
der tusund Stjernor i Djupet skin.

Aa skoda djupt i det Augnepar 
tœk Hjartafreden fraa mang ein Kar 
og fyller Bringa med Song og Sull 
og spinner Hu gen i Draum og Gull.

Ho vermar upp Hjarto i Bygdi vid,
og heitande vert ho "So li i Lid."
Gutarne sovnar med Inga sit Navn,
og heitt dei ynskjer seg Inga i Favn.

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), "Inga", op. 80 no. 4 (1906), published 1906 [ voice and piano ], from Heimsyn = Heimfahrt : Sieben Lieder , no. 4, 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) , "Inga", 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: 83

Inga

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

La plus belle fille qui a vécue dans la vallée,
c’est la jeune Inga, d’Øvrelid,
aux yeux aussi bleus que le ciel nocturne
au fond duquel brillent mille étoiles.

Plonger son regard  dans ces yeux
ôte la paix du cœur à bien des garçons,
et emplit leurs voix de chansons et de mélodies,
et leurs esprits de rêves d’or.

Elle réchauffe les cœurs de toute la vallée
et on l’appelle « le soleil de Lid ».
Les garçons s’endorment avec le nom d’Inga en tête
et désirent ardemment serrer Inga dans leurs bras.

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Translation from Norwegian (Nynorsk) 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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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: 93