Paysage | Une lande sombre et sans fin

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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Landskab

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

En mørk, uendlig lyngmark
ned mod et blytungt hav.
En sen oktoberaften 
under en himmel lav. 

Og dog en vældig stilhed 
gjennem det dybe rum, 
— som smerte, der har sørget 
sig langsomt stolt og stum.

Confirmed with Vilhelm Krag, Nye Digte, Kristiania, H. Aschehough & Co.s Forlag, 1897, page 123.

Text Authorship:

by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Landskab", appears in Nye Digte, in Finale, no. 4, first published 1897 [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 Conrad Baden (1908 - 1989), "Landskab", op. 2 (Eleven Songs for Soprano and Piano) no. 9, published 1930-1935 [sung text not yet checked]

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This text was added to the website: 2022-06-28
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Word count: 36

Paysage

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

Une lande sombre et sans fin,
une mer triste, lourde comme du  plomb.
Un soir tardif d’octobre
sous un ciel bas.

Et pourtant un silence immense
traverse ce profond espace,
comme une douleur affligée,
lentement, fière et muette.

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 Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Landskab", appears in Nye Digte, in Finale, no. 4, first published 1897
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 38