by
Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)
Der staar en Sorg
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)
Der staar en sorg etsteds i mit liv,
den kaster saa lang en skygge.
Og hvor den falder, vil livet ei gro,
og sorgen kan ingen rygge.
Barmhjertige liv, jeg strækker mod dig
i længsel og bøn mine hænder.
— Men skyggen ligger henover min vei.
Jeg kan ikke se, at den ender.
Confirmed with Vilhelm Krag, Nye Digte, Kristiania, H. Aschehough & Co.s Forlag, 1897, page 35.
Text Authorship:
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), "Der staar en Sorg", op. 46 (Fem Sange) no. 3 (1897), published 1898 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Borghild Holmsen (1865 - 1938), "Der staar en Sorg", op. 14 (Lieder nach drei Gedichten von Vilhelm Krag) no. 3, published 1908 [ voice and piano ], Christiania: Warmuth [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Der staar en sorg", 1903 [ voice and piano ], from Lyrik: Digte, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
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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Il y a quelque part dans ma vie une...
Language: French (Français) after the Norwegian (Bokmål)
Il y a quelque part dans ma vie une tristesse
qui jette une ombre bien longue.
Et là où elle tombe, la vie ne voudra pas croître,
et personne ne peut effacer ce chagrin.
Vie miséricordieuse, je tends vers toi
mes mains, dans le désir et la prière.
Mais l’ombre s’étend sur mon chemin.
Je ne peux voir où elle s’arrête.
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Translations of titles:
"Der staar en Sorg" = "Il y a une tristesse"
"Der staar en sorg" = "Il y a une tristesse"
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