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by Jeppe Aakjær (1866 - 1930)

Majnat
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Our translations:  FRE
Når vildgåsen larmer Valborgnat,
hvem lægger sig da til at sove?
Da vandrer man ensomt med Dug på Hat
langs Fjord og knoppede Skove.

Derude stråler en Stjerne så stor,
at helt den fylder mit Øje;
den samme Stjerne for vist jeg tror,
jeg så over Barndommens Høje.

Og Vibeskriget rækker så langt,
dog længere Længslerne rækker.
Hvor bliver ens Hjerte bitterlig trangt,
når Klyden i Majnatten trækker!

Det pipper i Mos, og det pibler i Græs,
det sprætter i hældende Kroner;
der kommer en Duft fra det yderste Næs
af tusinde smaa Anemoner.

Så ensomt bræger det spæde Lam
på Bakken langt i det fjerne,
og Frøerne kvækker fra Pyt og Dam,
som sang det fra Stjerne til Stjerne.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   A. Agerby 

A. Agerby sets stanzas 1-3, 5

Confirmed with Jeppe Aakjær, Samlede Værker - Andet Bind - Digte 1908-1918, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag, Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania, 1918.


Text Authorship:

  • by Jeppe Aakjær (1866 - 1930), "Majnat" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Aksel Agerby (1889 - 1942), "Majnat", 1922, stanzas 1-3,5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Nuit de mai", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 120

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