Alvilde, apporte-moi ma cape et mon chapeau orné d’une plume

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by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Alvilde, bring min kappe og min hat med...

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

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Alvilde, bring min kappe og min hat med fjær i top,
jeg agter mig så snart ut at ride.

Hold bøilen frem, slavinde, imens jeg stiger op
og løp du selv til fots ved min side.

Og spør man så og undres hvad det er for en blæst
som suser over bergene så vide,
da er det mig som kommer, det er mig som er tilhest
og du som løper hund ved min side.

Hei, rap dig nu, min ganger, for jeg sier jeg har hast,
jeg rider mig en tur i mit rike.
Og segner du, Alvilde, så binder jeg dig fast,
Guds kors, jeg rider livet av dig, pike.

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Text Authorship:

by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), no title, appears in Det vilde kor, in Feberdikte, no. 8 [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 Hans Melcher Svensson (1882 - 1961), "Alvilde, bring min Kappe", 1914 [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: 2008-09-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 111

Alvilde, apporte‑moi ma cape et mon...

Language: French (Français) after the Swedish (Svenska)

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Alvilde, apporte-moi ma cape et mon chapeau orné d’une plume
car j’ai l’intention de bientôt partir à cheval.

Tiens-moi la bride esclave, pendant que je monte,
et toi même, cours à pied à mes côtés.

Et si l'on demande alors, étonné, quel est ce vent
qui souffle à travers ces vastes montagnes,
c’est moi qui arrive, c’est moi qui suis à cheval,
et toi qui cours comme un chien à mes côtés.

Hé, dépêche-toi, mon coursier, car je te le dis, je suis pressé,
je chevauche pour faire un tour dans mon royaume.
Et si tu tombes, Alvilde, alors je t’attacherai bien fort,
par la croix de Dieu,je te ferai courir jusqu’à la mort.

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Translations of titles:
"Alvilde, bring min Kappe" = "Alvilde, apporte-moi ma cape"

Text Authorship:

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a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), no title, appears in Det vilde kor, in Feberdikte, no. 8
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This text was added to the website: 2026-09-11
Line count: 12
Word count: 114