Tempête | Geignantes, mugissantes

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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Storm

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

Klagende, knurrende 
Stemmer I Stormen,
haukende, hæse 
Skrig fra Mørket.

Himlen i brusende 
Fos mod Havet.
Havet med knyttede 
Klør mod Himlen

Skumsprøiten steilende 
høit foran Bougen,
flaksende mod mig i 
gustne Gestalter.

Opifra dybet 
Slanger som slikker,
henad mit Ansigt med 
valne Tunger,

Opifra Dybet, 
indover Rælingen,
famlende, kradsende, 
knoklede Hænder.

Døden staar krum bortved 
Rattet og synger.
Hjælp os, Herre 
i Himlene!¹

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¹ Backer-Grøndahl adds: "Hjælp!:"

Text Authorship:

by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Storm", appears in Sange fra Syden: Reiseindtryk og stemninger, in Atlanterhav, 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 Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Storm", op. 31 (Ti Sange til Digte af Vilhelm Krag) no. 5 (1893), published 1894 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2007-10-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 65

Tempête

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

Geignantes, mugissantes,
Voix dans la tempête,
hurlantes, rauques,
Cris venus des ténèbres.

Ciel grondant,
cascade contre la mer..
Griffes de la mer,
crispée contre le ciel.

Écume jaillissante, se cabrant,
haute devant l'étrave,
volant vers moi,
silhouettes blafardes.

D’en haut, des profondeurs,
des serpents lèchent
mon visage
de leurs langues engourdies.

D’en haut, des profondeurs,
par-dessus le bastingage,
mains tâtonnantes,
griffantes, décharnées.

La mort chante
courbée près de la barre.
Seigneur, aide-nous
du haut des cieux !

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Storm", appears in Sange fra Syden: Reiseindtryk og stemninger, in Atlanterhav, first published 1893
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This text was added to the website: 2026-09-28
Line count: 24
Word count: 76