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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 —
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Confirmed with Nils Vogt, Fra vaar til Høst, anden ogede og rettede Udgave, Kristiania, Olaf Norlis Forlag, 1904, p. 34.
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 (Ingalill och andra sånger) no. 5 (1893). [voice and piano] [text not verified]
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Je ne peux pas dormir", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: 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, 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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- a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937), no title, appears in Fra Vaar til Høst, first published 1894
This text was added to the website: 2014-05-08
Line count: 27
Word count: 119