Avec un nénuphar | Vois, Marie, ce que j'apporte

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by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Med en vandlilje

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA SPA

Se, Marie, hvad jeg bringer;
blomsten med de hvide vinger.
På de stille strømme båren
svam den drømmetung i våren.

Vil du den til hjemmet vie
fæst den på dit bryst, Marie;
bag dens blade da sig dølge
vil en dyp og stille bølge.

Vogt dig, barn, for tjernets strømme.
Farligt, farligt der at drømme!
Nøkken lader som han sover;
liljer leger ovenover.

Barn, din barm er tjernets strømme.
Farligt, farligt der at drømme;
liljer leger ovenover;
nøkken lader som han sover.

Text Authorship:

by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "Med en vandlilje", written 1871, appears in Digte [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Med en vandlilje", op. 25 (Seks digt af Henrik Ibsen) no. 4 (1876), published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "With a water-lily", copyright © 2023
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Avec un nénuphar", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Mit einer Wasserlilie"
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz) , "Con una ninfea", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "Con un nenúfar", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

Avec un nénuphar

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

Vois, Marie, ce que j'apporte ;
une fleur aux ailes blanches.
Lourd rêve du printemps, il flottait,
porté sur un courant tranquille

Si tu veux le dédier à sa maison,
accroche-le à ta poitrine, Marie ;
derrière ses pétales se cache
une onde profonde et silencieuse.

Garde-toi,  enfant, du courant des lacs.
Il est périlleux, périlleux de rêver !
L'ondin fait semblant de dormir ;
les nénuphars s'étendent au-dessus de  lui.

Enfant, ton sein est le courant du lac.
Il est périlleux, périlleux d'y rêver ;
les nénuphars s'étendent au-dessus de lui.
L'ondin fait semblant de dormir.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 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 (Bokmål) by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "Med en vandlilje", written 1871, appears in Digte
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 92