Mais quand dans la clarté du jour

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by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Dog hvad var Verden

(Sung text for setting by C. Sinding)

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Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

 ... 

Dog hvad var Verden, den store Verden,
hvor tidt den fristed min unge Trang,
hvad var den vel, naar du sorgfuld vandred
din tause, ensomme Drømmegang!

Ja, om jeg stod som en Gud paa Bjerget
og skuéd ind i dens Herlighed,
jeg vilde længes, jeg vilde længes
at synke for dine Fødder ned.

O, stolt Gulnare! — Du skjænked aldrig
din Pages Ydmyghed Smilets Løn,
men jeg har hulket for dig i Nætter
og knælet raadløs i Graad og Bøn.

Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 4-6 of the original text.

Confirmed with Nils Vogt, Fra vaar til Høst, anden ogede og rettede Udgave, Kristiania, Olaf Norlis Forlag, 1904.

Composition:

Christian Sinding

Fra Vaar til Høst

Text Authorship:

by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937), appears in Fra Vaar til Høst, in Det var engang i de fjærne Tider, no. 3, first published 1894

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FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Eugen von Enzberg) , "Doch was galt Welt mir", first published 1897

Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-30
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Mais quand dans la clarté du jour

(Sung text translation for setting by C. Sinding)

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

 ... 

Qu'était donc ce monde, ce vaste monde,
Comme il éprouvait souvent mes jeunes désirs,
que valait-il donc quand accablée tu avançais
sur le chemin silencieux et solitaire de tes rêves !

Oui, si j'étais comme un dieu sur sa montagne
et plongeais mon regard sur sa splendeur,
je languirais, je languirais
de plonger à tes pieds.

Ô fière Gulnare ! tu n'offris jamais
la récompense de ton sourire à ton humble page,
mais j'ai sangloté pour toi durant des nuits,
à genoux, sans remède, en pleurs et en prières.

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a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937), appears in Fra Vaar til Høst, in Det var engang i de fjærne Tider, no. 3, first published 1894
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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 174