L'enfer | Ô comme l'enfer est magnifique !

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by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Helvetet

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

O vad helvetet är härligt! 
I helvetet talar ingen om döden. 
Helvetet är murat i jordens innandöme 
och smyckat med glödande blommor... 
I helvetet säger ingen ett tomt ord... 
I helvetet har ingen druckit och ingen har sovit 
och ingen vilar och ingen sitter stilla. 
I helvetet talar ingen, men alla skrika, 
där äro tårar icke tårar och alla sorger äro utan kraft. 
I helvetet blir ingen sjuk och ingen tröttnar. 
Helvetet är oföränderligt och evigt.

Text Authorship:

by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Helvetet", appears in Dikter, first published 1916 [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 Mikko Heiniö (b. 1948), "Helvetet", op. 38 no. 2 (1980), first performed 1981 [soprano, four trumpets, four trombones, and tuba], from Framtidens skugga (The Shadow of the Future), no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Pehr Henrik Nordgren (1944 - 2008), "Helvetet", op. 58 no. 2 (1982) [voice and piano], from Fyra sånger till dikter av Edith Södergran, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

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

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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-01
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Word count: 76

L'enfer

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

Ô comme l'enfer est magnifique !
En enfer personne ne parle de la mort.
L'enfer est emmuré dans les entrailles de la terre
et est orné de fleurs ardentes ...
En enfer personne ne dit un mot vide ...
En enfer personne n'a bu et personne n'a dormi
et personne ne se repose et personne ne reste assis en silence.
En enfer personne ne parle, mais tous crient,
là les larmes ne sont pas des larmes et tout chagrin est sans force.
En enfer personne ne devient malade et personne n'est fatigué.
L'enfer est immuable et éternel.

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Based on:

a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Helvetet", appears in Dikter, first published 1916
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-03
Line count: 11
Word count: 94