J’enfile des perles brillantes

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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Jeg træder de Perler

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

Jeg træder de perler blanke
sammen med varsom hånd.
Jeg slynger om halsen den slanke
et tungttvundet perlebånd.

Jeg sætter en ring på din finger,
en ring, der skal skinne som ild:
en solstråle, gylden og klinger,
krummer jeg sammen dertil.

Et purpurrødt tæppe jeg spreder
fremfor din fine fod:
som brusende silke sig breder
mit dampende hjerteblod.

Jeg sidder ved floden og græder
og binder dit perlebånd.
Og natduggens perler jeg træder
med skjælvende, varsom hånd.

Text Authorship:

by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Jeg træder de perler", appears in Digte, in Galmandssange, no. 1, first published 1891 [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 Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Jeg træder de Perler", op. 29 (Ti sange) no. 1, published 1892 [ 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

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This text was added to the website: 2009-07-26
Line count: 16
Word count: 77

J’enfile des perles brillantes

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

J’enfile des perles brillantes
d’une main soigneuse.
J’enlace autour de ton svelte cou
un collier de perles finement tressé.

Je glisse une bague à ton doigt,
une bague qui brillera comme le feu :
rayon de soleil , doré et éclatant
que je façonne pour toi.

J’étends un tapis pourpre
devant ton pied délicat :
le sang fumant de mon cœur
s’étend tel une soie bruissante.

Je suis assis au bord de la rivière, je pleure
et je tresse ton collier de perles.
Et j’enfile les perles de la rosée nocturne
d’une main tremblante et délicate.

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Translations of titles:
"Jeg træder de Perler" = "J'enfile des perles"
"Jeg træder de perler" = "J'enfile des perles"

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Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Jeg træder de perler", appears in Digte, in Galmandssange, no. 1, first published 1891
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-06
Line count: 16
Word count: 94