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by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862)
Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Holger Danskes Vugge
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Our translations:  FRE
Ved Lejre græsse nu får på vold,
hvor fordum kæmperne drukke. 
På Lejre stod der et gammelt skjold,
det blev Holger Danskes vugge. 

Det gamle skjold var der lykke ved:
det var med runer indgravet,
det bar som vugge til Sjølunds bred
kong Skjold på båd over havet. 

I vuggen så jeg på bøg og eg,
de sused ved borgens rude. 
Fra marken tog de den gule neg,
den blev Holger Danskes pude. 

I vuggen hørte jeg harpers klang
og sang om kæmpernes sejre:
det var de danske skjalde, der sang
om kæmpedrotter på Lejre. 

I vuggen smelted en sang mit bryst,
lig havfruestemmer fra voven:
det var de danske jomfruers røst
fra fruersalen i skoven. 

Jeg glemmer aldrig den danske sang,
som kæmper og jomfruer synge. 
Og hver gang jeg hørte skjoldets klang,
jeg hørte min vugge gynge.

Text Authorship:

  • by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862), first published 1837 [author's text not yet checked 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 Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Holger Danskes Vugge", 1863, from Holger Danskes Sange, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le berceau de Homger Dansk", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 139

Le berceau de Homger Dansk
Language: French (Français)  after the Danish (Dansk) 
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Près de Lejre, les moutons paissent désormais sur la butte,
là où autrefois les guerriers s’enivraient. 
À Lejre se dressait un vieux bouclier,
qui devint le berceau d’Holger Danske. 

Ce vieux bouclier portait chance :
il était gravé de runes,
et, tel un berceau, il transporta le roi Skjold
sur un bateau jusqu’aux rives de Sjølund, au-delà de la mer. 

Dans le berceau, je voyais des hêtres et des chênes,
qui bruissaient contre les vitres du château. 
Dans les champs, ils cueillirent la paille jaune,
qui devint l’oreiller d’Holger Danske. 

Dans le berceau, j’entendais le son des harpes
et des chants sur les victoires des guerriers :
c’étaient les skaldes danois qui chantaient
les exploits des guerriers à Lejre. 

Dans mon berceau, un chant me serrait la poitrine,
telles des voix de sirènes venant des vagues :
c’étaient les voix des jeunes filles danoises
depuis la salle des dames dans la forêt. 

Je n’oublierai jamais ce chant danois,
que chantent les guerriers et les jeunes filles. 
Et chaque fois que j’entendais le cliquetis du bouclier,
j’entendais mon berceau se balancer.

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. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-11
Line count: 24
Word count: 177

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