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by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Navnløs
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Our translations:  FRE
En Aften jeg mindes for alle, 
Mindes den grant, vemodig stolt 
Og jublende ydmyg. - 
Tyst var der i Stuen, 
Syngende Tavshed, 
Lampens Skjær faldt saa klart og mildt 
Over de fine dejlige Træk; 
Og jeg saa - men ikke, at Lyset faldt 
Over de fine dejlige Træk - 
Nej! det var, som min Sjæl 
Vugged i skabende Vælde 
Aasynet frem af Lysets skjælvende Strøm. 
Og Øjnene saa paa mig saa længselsmilde, 
At min Tanke hvidsked' i sælsomt Mod, 
At jeg var værd at eje ... 
Saa droges Trækkene ind i Skyggen. 
Ej Ord blev talet, 
Ord var for tunge for min Tanke, 
Og Haandtryk ikke vekslet, 
Thi ej jeg mindedes, at jeg var til. 
Og dog jeg ved, vi to vi høre sammen, 
At aldrig noget vil os kunne skille, 
Var hint Sekund endog vort sidste Møde.

Text Authorship:

  • by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), "Navnløs" [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 Leopold Rosenfeld (1849 - 1909), "Navnløs", op. 53 no. 4, published <<1917 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Rudi Spring (1962 - 2025) , "Namenlos", copyright © ; composed by Rudi Spring.
    • Go to the text. [Note: the text is not in the database yet.]

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

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


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2013-11-09
Line count: 23
Word count: 134

Sans titre
Language: French (Français)  after the Danish (Dansk) 
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Je me rappellerai toujours cette soirée,
Je m’en souviens bien, avec mélancolie, fierté
Et joyeuse humiité.
Le silence régnait dans la pièce,
Un silence harmonieux,
La lueur de la lampe tombait, claire et  douce
Sur des traits fins et ravissants ;
Et je voyais, non pas que la lumière tombait
sur ces traits fins et ravissants,
Non ! C’était comme si mon âme,
berçait en une puissance créatrice,
le visage hors du courant tremblant de la lumière.
Et ses yeux me regardaient avec un désir si doux
que mes pensées chuchotaient d’une humeur  étrange,
que j’étais digne d’être possédé…
Puis les traits se fondirent dans l’ombre.
Aucun mot ne fut échangé,
Les mots étaient trop lourds pour ma pensée,
Et aucune poignée de main n’eut lieu,
Car je ne me souvenais même pas que j’existais.
Et pourtant je sais que nous deux nous nous appartenons,
Que rien ne pourra jamais nous séparer,
Même si cette seconde fut notre dernière rencontre.

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 Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), "Navnløs"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-24
Line count: 23
Word count: 158

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