Thanks | Her griefs were the hours

by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)

Translation by Fydell Edmund Garrett (1865 - 1907)

Tak

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Hendes sorg var de vånder,
som knudred min sti, --
hendes lykke de ånder,
som bar mig forbi.

Hendes hjem er her ude
på frihedens hav,
hvor digterens skude
kan spejle sig af.

Hendes slægt er de skiftende
skikkelsers rad,
som skrider med viftende
flag i mit kvad.

Hendes mål er at tænde
mit syn i glød,
så ingen fik kende,
hvo hjælpen bød.

Text Authorship:

by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "Tak", written c1871 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ENG ; composed by Otto Klemperer.

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ENG English (Fydell Edmund Garrett) , "Thanks", from Lyrics & Poems from Ibsen, first published 1912

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Word count: 63

Thanks

Language: English after the Norwegian (Bokmål)

Her griefs were the hours
When my struggle was sore,--
Her joys were the powers
That the climber upbore.
 
Her home is the boundless
Free ocean that seems
To rock, calm and soundless,
My galleon of dreams.
 
Half hers are the glancing
Creations that throng
With pageant and dancing
The ways of my song.
 
My fires when they dwindle
Are lit from her brand;
Men see them rekindle
Nor guess by whose hand.
 
Of thanks to requite her
No least thought is hers,--
And therefore I write her,
Once, thanks in a verse.

Text Authorship:

by Fydell Edmund Garrett (1865 - 1907), "Thanks", from Lyrics & Poems from Ibsen, first published 1912 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "Tak", written c1871
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-26
Line count: 20
Word count: 93