Sous la voûte céleste | Tu dis que Dieu est bon

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by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Paa hvælvet

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

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Du siger at Gud er god.
Jeg siger jeg er hans Skabning
og mig er han haard imod.

Du siger han alting ved.
Saa ved han at mig forfølger
og farer han ilde med.

Han satte mit Hjærte i Slag
og gav det en Livstid at lide.
Saa stanser han det en Dag.

Du siger der er en Gud.

Text Authorship:

by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), "Paa hvælvet" [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 Magne Amdahl (b. 1942), "Paa hvælvet", 1994 [ bass-baritone, narrator, violoncello, and piano ], from En Hamsun konsert, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Sous la voûte céleste", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-08-26
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Word count: 59

Sous la voûte céleste

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

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Tu dis que Dieu est bon,
Je dis que je suis sa créature
et il est dur envers moi.

Tu dis qu’il sait tout,
alors il sait que je suis persécuté
et qu’il me traite mal.

Il a fait battre mon cœur
et lui a donné une vie entière de souffrances.
Puis il l'arrêtera un jour.

Tu dis qu’il y a un Dieu.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) 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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Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), "Paa hvælvet"
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This text was added to the website: 2026-08-15
Line count: 10
Word count: 63