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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

I de forunderlig blonde nætter

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

I de [forunderlig]¹ blonde nætter
jeg gaar alene, men med dig jeg taler.
Rundt om mig vaaren blomstersnehvid blunder,
et springvand plasker lydt. En hane galer.
Jeg gaar alene, men med dig jeg taler,
som jeg har talt med dig saa mange gange.
Har du det ondt, min ven?
Var du bedrøvet i disse svundne aar, de lange lange!
Jeg stanser brat. Jeg fryser nedad ryggen
og stirrer ræd omkring de stille sletter.
Aa Gud! Det er, som jeg hører dig græde
i de [forunderlig]¹ blonde nætter.

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• R. Langgaard

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¹ Langgaard: "forunderlige"

Text Authorship:

by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "I de forunderlig, blonde nætter", appears in Nye 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 Borghild Holmsen (1865 - 1938), "I de forunderlige blonde Nætter", op. 14 (Lieder nach drei Gedichten von Vilhelm Krag) no. 1, published 1908 [ voice and piano ], Christiania: Warmuth [sung text not yet checked]
by Alf Hurum (1882 - 1972), "Blonde nætter", op. 13 (Sanger) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952), "I de forunderlige, blond nætter", 1915 [ voice and piano ], from Fem erotiske digte (5 erotic poems) , no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dans les étranges nuits blondes", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Dans les étranges nuits blondes

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

Dans les étranges nuits blondes
je vais seul, mais je parle avec toi.
Tout autour de moi les blanches fleurs du printemps sommeillent,
l'eau d'une source sonore clapote. Un coq chante.
Je vais seul, mais je parle avec toi,
Comme j'ai si souvent parlé avec toi.
As-tu souffert, mon amie ?
As-tu eu de la peine en ces longues, longues années disparues !
Je m'arrête subitement. Je frissonne de la tête aux pieds
et, anxieux, je regarde alentour les plaines silencieuses.
Oh Dieu ! C'est comme si je t'entendais pleurer
Dans les étranges nuits blondes.

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a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "I de forunderlig, blonde nætter", appears in Nye Digte
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This text was added to the website: 2012-02-14
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Word count: 92