Den likegyldige | Dine øyne er myke som en jentes

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by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor

Translation © by Marianne Beate Kielland

L'Indifférent

Language: French (Français)

Our translations: CAT ENG GER NOR

Tes yeux sont doux comme ceux d'une fille,
Jeune étranger,
Et la courbe fine
De ton beau visage de duvet ombragé
Est plus séduisante encor de ligne.
Ta lèvre chante sur le pas de ma porte
Une langue inconnue et charmante
Comme une musique fausse.
Entre! Et que mon vin te réconforte...
Mais non, tu passes
Et de mon seuil je te vois t'éloigner
Me faisant un dernier geste avec grâce
Et la hanche légèrement ployée
Par ta démarche féminine et lasse...

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Text Authorship:

by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, appears in Schéhérazade [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 Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), "L'Indifférent", 1903, published 1911 [ soprano or tenor and orchestra ], from Shéhérazade, no. 3, Éd. Durand [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , "L’indiferent", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Ahmed E. Ismail) , "The indifferent one", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Gleichgültige", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
NOR Norwegian (Bokmål) (Marianne Beate Kielland) , "Den likegyldige", copyright © 2023, (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: 14
Word count: 82

Den likegyldige

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

Dine øyne er myke som en jentes,
unge fremmede,
Og den fine kurven
av ditt vakre ansikt med skyggefullt dun, 
er enda mer forførende. 
Dine lepper synger på min dørterskel
et ukjent og sjarmerende språk, 
som dissonerende musikk. 
Stig inn! Og la min vin trøste deg….
Men nei, du går forbi,
Og fra min terskel ser jeg deg fjerne deg, 
med å gi meg en siste yndig gest
med din lett bøyde hofte
i ditt feminine og trette ganglag.

Text Authorship:

Translation from French (Français) to Norwegian (Bokmål) copyright © 2023 by Marianne Beate Kielland, (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 French (Français) by Arthur Justin Léon Leclère (1874 - 1966), as Tristan Klingsor, appears in Schéhérazade
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This text was added to the website: 2023-07-04
Line count: 14
Word count: 79