Bonne nuit ici | À présent la Nuit s’étend sur les prés

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by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Godnat herinde

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

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Nu ruger Nat over Enge
og alt i Mørke forgaar.
Jeg lytter her fra min Rude,
det tier saa tomt derude,
det er som naar Klokken staar.

Da hører jeg Røster kalde
som op fra en Huldreby.
Jeg ved det er mig de vil finde.
Godnat da I to herinde!
Jeg kommer igen ved Gry.

Saa gik jeg mig ud i Natten
og droges saa sælsomt hen.
Gud naade hver Far og Mage
som vel fandt sin Vej tilbage,
men aldrig kom helt igen!

Text Authorship:

by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), "Godnat herinde" [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), "Godnat herinde", 1994 [ bass-baritone, narrator, violoncello, and piano ], from En Hamsun konsert, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
by Conrad Baden (1908 - 1989), "Godnat herinde", op. 82 (Nine Songs) no. 8, published 1953-69 [sung text not yet checked]

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

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

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This text was added to the website: 2009-08-26
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Bonne nuit ici

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

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À présent la Nuit s’étend sur les prés,
et tout disparaît dans l’obscurité.
J’écoute ici, depuis ma fenêtre,
dehors tout est désert et silencieux,
c’est comme lorsqu’une horloge s’arrête.

Alors j’entends des voix qui appellent,
comme montant d’une cité de huldres.
Je sais que c’est moi qu’elles cherchent.
Bonne nuit donc, à vous deux, ici !
Je reviendrai à l’aube.

Alors je sortis dans la nuit,
et fus étrangement entraîné au loin.
Que Dieu ait pitié de tout père et de tout mari
qui a bien retrouvé son chemin,
mais qui n’est jamais tout à fait revenu.

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a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), "Godnat herinde"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-15
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