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Se, det summer af sol over engen honningbien vil fylde sin kurv og der pusles ved bordet og senge af den fattigste sisken og spurv og der jubles hele dagen, men mod kvælden bli'r alting så tyst våren synger sin sang, det er sagen og mit hjerte bli'r voks i mit bryst. Der er sølvklang i majbækkens vove gyldent skær gennem aftenen lang, hver en grøft bliver blomstrende skove langs den kornrige, bølgende vang. disse bølger, oh, de stiger med min sjæl over solskyens rand, - rundt i verden er dejlige riger, ingen vår som en maj i vort land!
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Text Authorship:
- by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), "Se, det summer af sol over engen", written 1897 [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 Paul Emil Friedrich Hellmuth (1879 - 1919), "Se, det summer af Sol", 1916 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-05-25
Line count: 16
Word count: 99
Regardez, la prairie bourdonne sous le soleil, l’abeille à miel va remplir son panier et l’on s’affaire autour des tables et des lits, chez les plus pauvres des tarins et des moineaux ; et l’on se réjouit toute la journée. Mais vers le soir, tout devient si silencieux : le printemps chante son chant — voilà tout, et mon cœur fond comme de la cire dans ma poitrine. Il y a un tintement d’argent dans les vagues du ruisseau de mai, une lueur dorée durant toute la longue soirée ; chaque fossé devient une forêt fleurie le long de la plaine ondulante et riche en blé. Ces vagues, oh ! comme elles s’élèvent, et avec elles mon âme, au-delà du bord des nuages baignés de soleil ! Il existe de beaux royaumes partout dans le monde, mais aucun printemps ne vaut un mois de mai dans notre pays !
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Translations of titles:
"Se, det summer af Sol" = "Regardez, ça bourdonne au soleil"
"Se, det summer af sol over engen" = "Regardez, la prairie bourdonne au soleil"
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Danish (Dansk) to French (Français) copyright © 2026 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.
Based on:
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), "Se, det summer af sol over engen", written 1897
This text was added to the website: 2026-09-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 143
