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Du fatter ej Bølgernes evige Gang, Ej Aanden, som svulmer i Tonernes Klang, Ej Følelsen dybt i Blomstens Duft, Sollysets Flamme mod Storm og Luft, De Fugles Kviddren af Længsel og Lyst, Og tror dog, Du fatter en Digters Bryst? Der svulmer det mer end i Bølgens Gang, Der findes jo Kilden til hver en Sang, Der voxer Blomsten med evig Duft, Der brænder det uden den kjølende Luft, Der kjæmpe Aander i Længsel og Lyst, De kjæmpe mod Døden dybt i hans Bryst!
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Text Authorship:
- by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Du fatter ej Bølgernes evige Gang", written 1830, appears in Enkeltdigte - Tree Smaae-Digte [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), "En Digters Bryst", op. 5 no. 2 (1864-1865), published 1865 [ voice and piano ], from Hjertets melodier, no. 2, Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Geoffrey Cooper) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tu ne comprends pas l'éternel mouvement des flots", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Du fasst nicht der Wogen ewigen Gang", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Tu ne comprends ni l'éternel mouvement des flots Ni l'esprit qui s'épanouit au son de la musique, Ni la profonde sensation devant l'odeur des fleurs, La flamme du soleil, la tempête et l'air Le gazouillis de désir et de joie des oiseaux, Et pourtant tu crois que tu peux comprendre le cœur d'un poète ? Il enfle plus que le mouvement des flots, Là se trouve bien la source de toute chanson, Là pousse la fleur à l'éternel parfum, Là est un feu sans air rafraîchissant, Là l'esprit lutte dans le désir et la joie, Il lutte contre la mort au fond de son cœur !
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- Translation from Danish (Dansk) 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 Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Du fatter ej Bølgernes evige Gang", written 1830, appears in Enkeltdigte - Tree Smaae-Digte
This text was added to the website: 2013-01-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 104