Automne sur la lande | Le corbeau se tient sur le portail de l'église

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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Korpen sidder på kirkeport

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

Korpen sidder på kirkeport
skriger så sårt mod kvæld.
Nu er det tomt, og nu er det tyst
over det vide fjeld.

Klokken ringer fra kirketårn
udover øde sletter.
På korsene rider de hekse tre
og skriger i mørke nætter.

De danser over de tuer små
og leger med dødmands ben.
Så ler de høit i den tause kvæld
og hopper på gravenes sten.

Og korpen sidder på kirkeport,
og klokken den ringer mod kvæld.
Men ingen færdes vel længere nu
over det ødslige fjeld. -

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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Høst på heien", appears in Digte, first published 1891 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Automne sur la lande

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Language: French (Français) after the Norwegian (Bokmål)

Le corbeau se tient sur le portail de l'église
il pousse des cris perçants dans le soir. 
C'est l'heure où sur le vaste champ
tout est vide, tout est silencieux.

La cloche sonne au clocher de l'église
au-dessus des plaines désertes.
Trois sorcières chevauchent des croix
et crient dans la nuit obscure.

Elles dansent sur les petits tertres
et jouent avec des os humains.
Puis elles rient aux éclats dans le silence du soir
et sautent sur les pierres tombales.

Et le corbeau se tient sur le portail de l'église,
et la cloche sonne dans le soir.
Mais plus personne ne voyage maintenant
sur le champ déserté.

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