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by Helge Rode (1870 - 1937)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ved Festen fik en Moder Bud

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: FRE

Ved Festen fik en Moder Bud,
at hendes Søn var død;
men blegne kunde hun dog ej,
for hun var malet rød.
Ak, ak! Rød!
For hun var malet rød!

"Jeg rødmer over denne Mor,"
udbrød en Dame, blid;
men rødme kunde hun dog ej,
for hun var malet hvid.
Ak, ak! Hvid!
For hun var malet hvid!

Fy føj! Jeg valgte helst mig Sort
i Livets Farvelad;
men jeg kan ikke males trist,
for jeg er malet glad.
Ak, ak. Glad!
For jeg er malet glad!

Confirmed with Rode, Helge. Den stille Have, Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordiskforlag, Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania, 1922.

Text Authorship:

by Helge Rode (1870 - 1937), "Ved Festen fik en Moder Bud", appears in Den stille Have, first published 1922 [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 Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Ved Festen fik en Moder Bud", op. 41 no. 7, FS. 94 no. 7 (1920), from Moderen - Scenemusik, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au cours d'une fête une mère reçut le message", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Leif Møller

This text was added to the website: 2012-04-13
Line count: 18
Word count: 87

Au cours d'une fête une mère reçut le message

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

Au cours d'un fête une mère reçut le message
que son fils était mort ;
mais elle ne put pas blêmir,
car elle était peinte en rouge !
Ah, ah ! Rouge !
Car elle était peinte en rouge !

« Cette mère me fait rougir »
s'écria une dame, calmement ;
mais pourtant elle ne pouvait pas rougir,
car elle était peinte en blanc.
Ah, ah ! Blanc !
Car elle était peinte en blanc !

Fi, pouah ! Je préfère de beaucoup mon sort
dans la boite à couleurs de la vie ;
mais je ne puis être peint triste,
car je suis peint joyeux.
Ah, ah ! Joyeux !
Car je suis peint joyeux !

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Helge Rode (1870 - 1937), "Ved Festen fik en Moder Bud", appears in Den stille Have, first published 1922
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-16
Line count: 18
Word count: 104