Evening on the loggia | Over sea and mountain and river

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by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862)

Translation © by Poul Einer Hansen

Aften paa Loggien

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

Over hav og bjerg og flod
kom jeg hid fra norden;
ej hvad hjertet hist forlod,
finder det på jorden.

O, men her dog øjet ser,
hvad ved Codans strømme
aldrig uden vemod mer
sjælen sig kan drømme!

Underfuldt er her at stå;
saligt her at hvile:
I hver luftning engle små
vifte og hensmile.

Stille nat på fremmed tag!
Flamebjerg ved voven!
Velske nattergaleslag,
fra Lemoneskoven.

Nye himmel Nye jord!
Nye tryllestemmer!
Fryd, jeg drømte om i Nord!
Nu jeg dig fornemmer!

Text Authorship:

by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862) [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 Peter Arnold Heise (1830 - 1879), "Aften paa Loggien", published 1874 [ voice and piano ], from Sydlandske Sange, no. 7 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Poul Einer Hansen) , "Evening on the loggia", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Par les mers, les montagnes et les fleuves", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Heidrun Beer) , "Abendlied auf dem Balkon", copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 83

Evening on the loggia

Language: English after the Danish (Dansk)

Over sea and mountain and river
I came hither from the North;
what the heart left up there
it will never find again on Earth.

Oh, but here the eye may yet behold
what, at the streams of Codan,
the soul can never again
dream about without sadness.

How marvellous to stand here;
how blissful to rest here!
In each breeze, tiny angels
wave and smile along.

Silent night on a foreign roof!
Mountain of flames at the sea!
Mediterranean nightingale warbles
from the lemon grove.

New sky, new Earth!
New magic voices!
Delight that I dreamed about in the North,
Now I sense you!

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862)
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This text was added to the website: 2009-03-19
Line count: 20
Word count: 105