Je ne peux pas dormir | Je ne peux pas dormir

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by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Jeg kan ikke sove

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

Jeg kan ikke sove,
skjønt Natten er inde,
jeg kan ikke sove, jeg
raver i Blinde.

Og om ieg end lukked
mit Oie til Hvile,
saa var det dog blot for
Drømme at smile.

Saa var det dog blot for
at aabne det atter
i skjælvende Glæde, i
syngende Latter.

Jeg kan ikke sove;
thi Elskte du vaager
i Længslernes Vanvid, i
Drømmenes Taager.

Du er overalt som
den Gud i det høie,
i Dagen, i Natten, der
tynger mit Øie.

Du er i min Søvn, i
hver Drøm, i hvert Minde,
jeg knæler for dig, du min
Sjæls Herskerinde.

Hulkende synker jeg
for dine Fødder,
hulkende synker jeg —

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Nils Vogt, Fra vaar til Høst, anden ogede og rettede Udgave, Kristiania, Olaf Norlis Forlag, 1904, p. 34.

Text Authorship:

by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937), no title, appears in Fra Vaar til Høst, first published 1894 [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 Bror Beckman (1866 - 1922), "Jeg kan ikke sove", op. 2 no. 5 (1893) [ voice and piano ], from Ingalill och andra sånger, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je ne peux pas dormir", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-05-08
Line count: 27
Word count: 110

Je ne peux pas dormir

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

Je ne peux pas dormir,
la belle nuit est en moi,
je ne peux pas dormir,
je titube à l'aveuglette.

Et si j'ai encore fermé
mes yeux pour dormir,
c'était bien juste pour
sourire à un rêve.

C'était donc juste pour
les ouvrir à nouveau
dans un tressaillement de bonheur,
dans un rire chantant.

Je ne peux pas dormir,
car très chère, tu veilles
dans la folie des désirs,
dans le brouillard des rêves.

Tu es partout, comme
Dieu dans les cieux,
qui le jour, la nuit,
oppresse mes yeux.

Tu es dans mon sommeil,
dans chaque rêve, chaque souvenir,
je m'agenouille devant toi,
souveraine de mon âme.

Je tombe en sanglotant
à tes pieds,
je tombe en sanglotant.

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Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937), no title, appears in Fra Vaar til Høst, first published 1894
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This text was added to the website: 2014-05-08
Line count: 27
Word count: 119