Rêves dangereux | Ne t'approche pas trop près de tes rêves

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by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Gå icke alltför nära dina drömmar

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

Gå icke alltför nära dina drömmar: 
de äro en rök och de kunna förskingras - 
de äro farliga och kunna bestå.

Har du skådat dina drömmar i ögonen: 
de äro sjuka och förstå ingenting - 
de hava endast sina egna tankar.

Gå icke alltför nära dina drömmar: 
de äro en osanning, de borde gå - 
de äro ett vansinne, de vilja stanna.

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E. Bergman sets stanza 1

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Text Authorship:

by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Farliga drömmar", appears in Landet som icke är , in Tidiga Dikter, first published 1925 [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 Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), no title, op. 87 no. 2 (1978), stanza 1 [ soprano, flute, and percussion ], from Triumf att finnas till, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Maja Carin Bartosch Edström (b. 1965), "Farliga drömmar", 2011 [ voice and piano ], from Fyra nattliga sånger, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Rêves dangereux", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-27
Line count: 9
Word count: 59

Rêves dangereux

Language: French (Français) after the Swedish (Svenska)

Ne t'approche pas trop près de tes rêves :
ce sont des fumées qui peuvent être dispersées --
ils sont dangereux et peuvent prendre forme.

As-tu regardé tes rêves dans les yeux :
ils sont malades et ne comprennent rien --
ils n'ont que leur propres pensées.

Ne t'approche pas trop près de tes rêves :
ce sont des menteries, ils devraient partir --
ce sont folies, ils veulent rester.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Swedish (Svenska) 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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a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Farliga drömmar", appears in Landet som icke är , in Tidiga Dikter, first published 1925
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-03
Line count: 9
Word count: 64