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by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885)

Irmelin Rose
 (Sung text for setting by C. Elling)
 See original
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE
Se der var en gang en konge, 
mangen skatt han kalte sin,
navnet på den allerbeste visste hver var Irmelin,
Irmelin Rose, Irmelin Sol, 
Irmelin alt, hva der var deilig.

Alle ridderhjelme speilet 
hennes farvers muntre pragt,
og med alle rim og rytmer 
hadde navnet sluttet pakt:
Irmelin Rose, Irmelin Sol, 
Irmelin alt, hva der var deilig.

Hele store beilerflokke 
der til kongens gårde for,
beilede med ømme lader 
og med blomsterfagre ord:
Irmelin Rose, Irmelin Sol, 
Irmelin alt, hva der er deilig. 

Men prinsessen jog dem fra seg
(hjertet var så koldt som stål),
lastede den enes holdning, 
vrenget ad den andens mål.
Irmelin Rose, Irmelin Sol, 
Irmelin alt, hva der er deilig.

Composition:

    Set to music by Catharinus Elling (1858 - 1942), "Irmelin Rose", op. 41 (Fire romanser) no. 1 (1888-89) [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), "Irmelin Rose"

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Aretta Werrenrath) , "Irmelin Rose"
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Irmelin la rose", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 115

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