Soir d'été | Allez, musicien, debout pour une joyeuse danse

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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Sommerkveld

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

Hei, spillemænd, op med en lystig danse,
lad buen gå rapt over strenge.
Så danse vi ud i den duftende kveld
vidt ud over alle enge.

Hei, spillemænd, op med en lystig dans,
så frem med jer, gutter og jenter!
Og jeg skal gå først, for iaften jeg ved,
at ikke på mig hun venter.

Og så skal vi danse den lange nat,
for hun favnes nu af en anden.
Og bring mig så hidhen en sølvtung pokal
og fyld den med vin til randen.

Jeg drikker din skål, du min hjertenskjær,
mens nattågen drar over enge,
og dansen går vild i den duftende kveld
til toner fra alle strenge.

Text Authorship:

by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Sommerkveld", appears in Digte, in Askeladdens viser, no. 3, first published 1891 [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), "Sommerkveld", op. 29 (Ti sange) no. 10, published 1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Sigurd Lie (1871 - 1904), "Sommerkveld" [ voice and piano ], from Fire Sange med Piano accompagnement , no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Soir d'été", copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-06-21
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Word count: 110

Soir d'été

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

Allez, musicien, debout pour une joyeuse danse,
faites glisser l’archet rapidement sur les cordes.
Nous danserons alors dans cette soirée parfumée
à perte de vue, par-delà toutes les prairies.

Allez, musicien, debout pour une joyeuse danse,
en avant donc, tous, garçons et filles !
Et je marcherai en tête car ce soir je sais
qu’elle ne viendra pas.

Et ainsi nous danserons tout au long de la nuit,
car elle est maintenant dans les bras d'un autre.
Apportez-moi donc une coupe en argent,
et remplissez-la de vin jusqu'au bord.

Je bois à ta santé, toi, mon amour,
tandis que la brume nocturne s'étend sur les prairies,
et que la danse s'emballe dans cette soirée parfumée
au son de toutes les cordes.

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), "Sommerkveld", appears in Digte, in Askeladdens viser, no. 3, first published 1891
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 120