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Brede seil over Nordsjø går; høyt på skansen i morgnenen står Erling Skjalgsson av Sole, - spejder over hav mot Danmark: "Kommer ikke Olav Trygvason?" Seks og femti de drager lå, sejlene falt, mot Danmark så solbrænte mænn; - da steg det: "Hvor bliver Ormen lange? kommer ikke Olav Trygvason?" Men da sol í det annet gry gikk av hav uten mast mot sky, blev det som storm å høre: "Hvor bliver Ormen lange? kommer ikke Olav Trygvason?" Stille, stille i samme stund alle stod, ti fra havets bund skvulpet som suk om flåden: "Tagen er Ormen lange, fallen er Olav Trygvason." Sidenefter i hundre år norske skibe til følge får - helst dog i månenætter: "Tagen er Ormen lange, fallen er Olav Trygvason."
Text Authorship:
- by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910), "Olav Trygvason" [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 Rikard Nordraak (1842 - 1866), "Olav Trygvason" [ TTBB chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Arthur Hubbell Palmer) , "Olav Trygvason"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Olav Trygvason", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Christian Morgenstern) , "Olav Trygvason"
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-02
Line count: 25
Word count: 121
Une large voile avance sur la mer du Nord ; Ce matin là, se tenait sur le gaillard d'arrière Erling Skjalgsson de Sole, scrutant la mer en direction du Danemark : « Olav Trygvason ne vient donc pas ? » Cinquante six drakkars étaient là, les voiles carguées, tournés vers le Danemark, des hommes au teint hâlé ; on entendit alors : « Où est donc le Long Serpent ? Olav Trygvason ne vient donc pas ? » Mais alors que le soleil en était à sa seconde aurore, on ne voyait sur l'eau aucun mât s'élever vers le ciel, et comme une tempête, s'éleva une clameur : « Où est donc le Long Serpent ? Olav Trygvason ne vient donc pas ? » En silence, en silence, au même instant tous se levèrent, car du fond de la mer monta sur la flotte un murmure, comme un gémissement: « Le Long Serpent est pris, Olav Trygvason a péri. » Depuis lors, tous les cent ans, les bateaux norvégiens entendent à leur tour, le plus souvent durant les nuits de lune : « Le Long Serpent est pris, Olav Trygvason a péri. »
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- Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 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 Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910), "Olav Trygvason"
This text was added to the website: 2013-09-02
Line count: 25
Word count: 182