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Du sidder i Baaden, som svømmer, sænket i Bølgens Musik; dine dejlige Øjne drømmer, mod Skyerne vendt dit Blik. Mod Aftenens taarnede Skyer stiger dit Hjertes Begær; de vinker saa lokkende nær, de daler, [de letter, de]1 flyer. Men disse taarnede Skyer, som gløder i Purpurskær, som vinker og, vinkende, flyer og synes dog stedse nær, de staar som et Billed paa Sorgen, et Spejl paa forgængelig Lyst; de fylder med Solskin dit Bryst -- og bliver til Regnvejr imorgen.
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View text without footnotesConfirmed with Ranker og roser: en samling sange af Holger Drachmann, København, Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1879, pages 71-72. Note: modernized spelling would change all occurrences of 'aa' to 'å'
1 Sjögren: "letter og"Text Authorship:
- by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), "Han", appears in Ranker og roser, in Anden Afdeling, first published 1877 [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 Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Rosenrøde Drømme: Du sidder i Baaden", op. 26 (Sange til Texter af Holger Drachmann) no. 5, published 1890 [ voice and piano ]
Score: IMSLP [external link] [sung text checked 1 time] - by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Du sidder i Baaden, som svømmer", op. 3 (Sju sånger ur Tannhäuser) no. 3 (1880) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-02-16
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Word count: 80
Tu es assise dans la barque qui vogue, plongée dans la musique des vagues ; tes beaux yeux rêvent, ton regard tourné vers les nuages. Le désir de ton cœur s'élève vers les nuages du soir formant des tours ; ils te font signe, si séduisants et si proches, ils descendent, ils s'élèvent, ils s'envolent. Mais ces tours de nuages, qui brillent d’une lueur pourpre, qui t’appellent et en t’appelant, s’envolent tout en semblant toujours proches, se dressent comme une image du chagrin, miroir du plaisir éphémère ; ils emplissent ta poitrine de soleil et se transformeront en pluie demain.
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Translations of titles:
"Du sidder i Baaden, som svømmer" = "Tu es assise dans la barque qui vogue"
"Han" = "Lui"
"Rosenrøde Drømme: Du sidder i Baaden" = "Rêve de rose rouge : Tu es assise dans la barque"
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.
Based on:
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), "Han", appears in Ranker og roser, in Anden Afdeling, first published 1877
This text was added to the website: 2026-09-19
Line count: 16
Word count: 97