Promenade en forêt | Ma douce épouse, ma jeune femme

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by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Vandring i Skoven

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: ENG FRE

Min søde Brud, min unge Viv,
Min Kjærlighed, mit Liv!
Kom, Maanen skinner stor og klar,
En Stilhed Natten har,
En Dejlighed, en Ensomhed,
Min søde Brud, kom med!
I Bøgeskoven gaa vi to,
Der hvor Skovmærker gro.

I denne lyse, tause Nat,
Hos Dig, min Verdens Skat,
Jeg er saa glad, saa salig glad,
Duft, friske Bøgeblad!
Syng, Nattergal, lys Maaneklar!
Jeg her al Rigdom har:
Min søde Brud, min unge Viv,
Min Kjærlighed, mit Liv!

Du er saa frisk som Bøgens Hang,
Som Nattergalens Sang,
Saa dyb som Nattens stille Ro,
Her hvor Skovmærker gro,
Hvor maleriske Bøge staa,
Og vi ved Maan'skin gaa:
Min søde Brud, min unge Viv,
Min Kjærlighed, mit Liv!

Modern Danish would change "Maan'skin" to "måneskin"

Text Authorship:

by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Vandring i Skoven", written 1852 [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), "Vandring i Skoven", op. 18 (Romanser og sanger) no. 1 (1865-1869), published 1869 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Hiking in the forest", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Promenade en forêt", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Franz (Friedrich) von Holstein) , "Waldwanderung"

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 116

Promenade en forêt

Language: French (Français) after the Danish (Dansk)

Ma douce épouse, ma jeune femme,
Mon amour, ma vie !
Viens, la pleine lune brille claire,
C'est une nuit silencieuse,
Charmante, solitaire,
Ma douce épouse, viens avec moi !
Allons tous deux dans le bois de hêtres
Où pousse le petit muguet.

Dans cette nuit lumineuse et secrète,
Auprès de toi, mon trésor,
Je suis si heureux, si bienheureux,
Parfums, fraîches feuilles de hêtres !
Chants, rossignol, lumineux clair de lune !
J'ai ici toutes les richesses :
Ma douce épouse, ma jeune femme,
Mon amour, ma vie !

Tu es aussi fraîche que le feuillage du hêtre,
Que le chant du rossignol,
Aussi profonde que le sommeil de la nuit,
Là où pousse le petit muguet,
Là où se dresse le hêtre élégant,
Allons au clair de lune :
Ma douce épouse, ma jeune femme,
Mon amour, ma vie !

Text Authorship:

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), "Vandring i Skoven", written 1852
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This text was added to the website: 2013-01-02
Line count: 24
Word count: 134