Maintenant brûle | Maintenant le calice de la fleur du camélia brûle

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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Nu brender

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

Nu brænder kameliablomstens kalk
i stjerneskin.
Nu vugges valmuen vagt og blødt
af nattevind.

Nu skjælver liljen til randen fyldt
af skumhvid duft.
Nu risler mandelknoppenes nyn
i maaneskinsluft.

Saa fyldes hver tanke af blomstersang
saa lys, saa øm.
Saa bliver mit sind til en duggfyldt blomst,
en blomst i drøm.

Text Authorship:

by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), appears in Sange fra Syden: Reiseindtryk og stemninger, in Middelhav, in Algier, no. 5, first published 1893 [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 Conrad Baden (1908 - 1989), "Nu brender", op. 2 (Eleven Songs for Soprano and Piano) no. 7, published 1930-5 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2009-06-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 51

Maintenant brûle

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

Maintenant le calice de la fleur du camélia  brûle
à la lumière des étoiles.
Maintenant le coquelicot se balance légèrement, doucement
au gré du vent nocturne.

Maintenant le lys tremble, rempli jusqu’au bord
d’un parfum blanc comme l’écume.
Maintenant les bourgeons d’amandier murmurent
dans l’air baigné par le clair de lune.

Ainsi chaque pensée se remplit du chant des fleurs,
si lumineux, si tendre.
Ainsi mon esprit devient une fleur couverte de rosée,
une fleur dans un rêve.

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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), appears in Sange fra Syden: Reiseindtryk og stemninger, in Middelhav, in Algier, no. 5, first published 1893
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-07
Line count: 12
Word count: 78