by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885)
Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Alle de voksende Skygger
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Available translation(s): FRE GER
Alle de voksende Skygger
Har vævet sig sammen til en,
Ensom paa Himmelen lyser
En Stjærne saa straalende ren,
Skyerne have saa tunge Drømme,
Blomsternes Øjne i Duggraad svømme,
Underligt Aftenvinden 
Suser i Linden.

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Note: modern Danish uses 'å' instead of 'aa' and does not capitalize nouns. It is also common not to capitalize the beginning of each line in modern publications. Here is the modernized version:

Alle de voksende skygger
har vævet sig sammen til en.
Ensom på himmelen lyser
en stjerne så strålende ren.
Skyerne have så tunge drømme,
blomsternes øjne i duggråd svømme,
underligt aftenvinden
suser i linden.


Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Hugo Alfvén.
  • Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger.

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 34

Alle die wachsenden Schatten
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Danish (Dansk) 
Alle die wachsenden Schatten
sind nunmehr zu einem vereint.
Einsam an Himmelsmatten
ein strahlender Stern erscheint.
Wolken träumen gar schwer und bangen,
Äuglein der Blüten von Tau umhangen.
Rauschenden Abendwinden
lauschen die Linden.

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Authorship:

  • Singable translation from Danish (Dansk) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2016 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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This text was added to the website: 2016-08-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 33