À l'ambitieux | Un jour tu m'as murmuré dans le jardin que je t'étais chère

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by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Den Ærgjerige

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

I Haven her du hvisked engang, jeg var dig kjær.
Nu ser du bort og tier: Du elsker mig ej mer.
Du fulgte Ærens Stjerne og glemte Dalens Fred.
Du steg i gyldne Sale men jeg var ikke med!

Kan Æren vel opveje et Hjertes ømme Tro!
Alt har du nu, min Elskte, kun ikke Hjertets Ro!
Jeg skal ej for dig skygge din Stjernehimmels Hvælv.
Vel tabte jeg min Lykke; men du har tabt dig selv!

Text Authorship:

by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924), "Den Ærgjerige", written 1876, appears in Mol og Dur [author's text not yet checked 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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Den Ærgjerige", op. 26 (Fem digt) no. 3 (1876), published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Nigel Parker) , "The ambitious one", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À l'ambitieux", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 77

À l'ambitieux

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

Un jour tu m'as murmuré dans le jardin que je t'étais chère.
Maintenant tu détournes le regard en silence : tu ne m'aimes plus.
Tu as suivi l'étoile des honneurs et as oublié la paix de la vallée.
Tu es entré dans des salons dorés, mais je n'étais pas avec toi !

Les honneurs peuvent-ils bien valoir la tendre fidélité d'un cœur !
Maintenant  mon amour, tu as tout, sauf la sérénité du cœur !
Je n'assombrirai pas la voûte étoilée de ton ciel.
J'ai certes perdu mon bonheur, mais tu t'es perdu toi-même !

Text Authorship:

Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 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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Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924), "Den Ærgjerige", written 1876, appears in Mol og Dur
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This text was added to the website: 2015-06-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 90