Tu reposes maintenant dans la terre | Tu reposes maintenant dans la terre, toi qui étais mon amour secret

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by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Nu hviler du i jorden

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

Nu hvilder du i jorden, som var mig hemmelig kjær.
Min bedste dröm er brusten, jeg skal ej se dig mer...
Ej verden fik at vide den sorg, jeg for dig led,
Jeg ej engang dig fulgte til sidste hvilested.

Jeg sendte ingen blomster at smykke din jomfrugrav,
Min tåre og min tanke var blomsterne, jeg dig gav. 
Endnu en tåre rinder, hvergang jeg mindes dig
Du, som i lön jeg elsked, ak, hvi forlod du mig?

Text Authorship:

by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924), "Nu hviler du i jorden" [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), "Nu hviler du i jorden", op. 59 (Elegiske dikt) no. 6 (1893-1894), published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Tu reposes maintenant dans la terre", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 77

Tu reposes maintenant dans la terre

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

Tu reposes maintenant dans la terre, toi qui étais mon amour secret.
Mon plus beau rêve est brisé, je ne te verrai plus …
Personne au monde ne peut savoir la peine que jtu m'a causée,
Je ne t'ai pas naguère suivi vers le lieu de ton dernier repos.

Je n'ai pas envoyé de fleurs pour orner ta tombe de vierge,
Mes larmes et mes pensées étaient les fleurs que je t'ai données.
Une larme coule encore lorsque je pense à toi,
Toi qu'en secret j'ai aimée, hélas, pourquoi m'as-tu quitté ?

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), "Nu hviler du i jorden"
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This text was added to the website: 2015-06-08
Line count: 8
Word count: 92