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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Naar du kommer
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Our translations:  FRE
Sent iaften, naar du kommer,
Springer hele skoven ud.
Staar saa blosterhvid og festlig,
Venter bare paa at se dig.

Naar du kommer sent iaften,
Kørende opad alléen
Er du kanske træt, min elskte,
Derfor tier alle fugle,

Derfor tysner alle bække,
Derfor mørkner det i skoven.
Kun to lys hist indfra huset
Hilser stille dig velkommen.

Confirmed with Vilhelm Krag, Nye Digte, Kristiania, H. Aschehough & Co.s Forlag, 1897, pages 41-42.


Text Authorship:

  • by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Naar du kommer", appears in Nye Digte [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 Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952), "Naar du kommer", 1915 [ voice and piano ], from Fem erotiske digte (5 erotic poems) , no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Quand tu viens", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2017-03-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 57

Quand tu viens
Language: French (Français)  after the Norwegian (Bokmål) 
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Quand tu viens, tard le soir,
la forêt toute entière s’éveille.
Elle se dresse alors, blanche de fleurs et festive,
N'attendant plus que de te voir.

Quand tu viens, tard le soir,
Remontant l'allée dans ta voiture,
Tu es peut-être fatiguée, mon amour
C'est pourquoi tous les oiseaux se taisent,

C'est pourquoi tous les ruisseaux s'apaisent,
C'est pourquoi la forêt s'assombrit.
Seules deux lumières, là-bas, dans la maison,
T'accueillent silencieusement.

Text Authorship:

  • Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) 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.


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  • a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Naar du kommer", appears in Nye Digte
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This text was added to the website: 2026-11-13
Line count: 12
Word count: 70

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