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by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910)

Translation © by Nigel Parker

Tak for dit Raad

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA

Tak for dit Raad,
men jeg lægger min Baad
ind i Brændingens Brus
til det fristende Sus.
Om end Rejsen skal blive den sidste, jeg gjør,
jeg maa prøve, hvad ikke jeg prøvede før.

Ej blot til Lyst
jeg forlader din Kyst, ---
jeg maa Storsjøen naa,
jeg maa Havstyrten faa,
jeg maa Kjølen se, naar det krængende skjær',
jeg maa friste, hvorlangt og hvorlænge det bær'!

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Text Authorship:

by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910), no title, appears in Fiskerjenten [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), "Tak for dit Råd", op. 21 (Fire Dikt fra Fiskerjenten) no. 4 (1870-1872), published 1873 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Nigel Parker) , "You may not approve", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Merci de ton conseil", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz) , "Grazie del consiglio", copyright © 2006, (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: 12
Word count: 66

You may not approve

Language: English after the Norwegian (Bokmål)

You may not approve,
But I'm steering my boat
into the burning breakers,
Into the bracing howl of the sea,
And even if it's the last thing I do,
I must try what I never did before.

It's not done lightly that
I leave your coast,
But I must reach the ocean,
I must feel the power of the swell,
I must see the keel of the boat while avoiding a treacherous shoal,
I must see how long and how far I can reach.

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a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910), no title, appears in Fiskerjenten
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This text was added to the website: 2013-04-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 84