Le pays des rêves (Guðmundur Magnússon, set by (Bjarni Þorsteinsson, Sigfús Einarsson)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Guðmundur Magnússon

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Draumalandið

Language: Icelandic (Íslenska)

Available translation(s): FRE

Ó, leyf mér þig að leiða
til landsins fjalla heiða
með sælu sumrin löng,
þar angar blóma breiða,
við blíðan fuglasöng.

Þar aðeins yndi fann ég,
þar aðeins við mig kann ég,
þar batt mig tryggðaband;
því þar er allt sem ann ég,
það er mitt draumaland.

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by Guðmundur Magnússon [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 Bjarni Þorsteinsson (1861 - 1938), "Draumalandið" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Sigfús Einarsson (1877 - 1939), "Draumalandið" [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le pays des rêves", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-20
Line count: 10
Word count: 47

Le pays des rêves

Language: French (Français) after the Icelandic (Íslenska)

Oh, laisse-moi te conduire
Au pays des douces collines,
Et des longs étés doux pleins de bonheur,
Là se répand le parfum des fleurs.
Et le tendre chant des oiseaux

Là seulement j'ai ressenti la joie,
Là seulement je peux vivre,
Là la fidélité me lie ;
Il y a tout ce que j'aime,
Là est le pays des rêves.

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a text in Icelandic (Íslenska) by Guðmundur Magnússon

This text was added to the website: 2015-08-16
Line count: 10
Word count: 60