The ambitious one | Here in the garden you whispered to me once that you loved me

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by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924)

Translation © by Nigel Parker

Den Ærgjerige

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: ENG FRE GER

I Haven her du hvisked engang, jeg var dig kjær.
Nu ser du bort og tier: Du elsker mig ej mer.
Du fulgte Ærens Stjerne og glemte Dalens Fred.
Du steg i gyldne Sale men jeg var ikke med!

Kan Æren vel opveje et Hjertes ømme Tro!
Alt har du nu, min Elskte, kun ikke Hjertets Ro!
Jeg skal ej for dig skygge din Stjernehimmels Hvælv.
Vel tabte jeg min Lykke; men du har tabt dig selv!

Text Authorship:

by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924), "Den Ærgjerige", written 1876, appears in Mol og Dur [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Den Ærgjerige", op. 26 (Fem digt) no. 3 (1876), published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Nigel Parker) , "The ambitious one", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "À l'ambitieux", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (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: 8
Word count: 77

The ambitious one

Language: English after the Norwegian (Bokmål)

Here in the garden you whispered to me once that you loved me,
Now you avert your gaze in silence, you love me no more.
You aspired to the peaks of ambition, forgetting the peace of the valley.
You moved in golden circles, leaving me far behind!

But can these rewards make up for one heart's tender confidence!
You have it all now, my love, lacking only inner peace!
I will not blight the glittering expanses of your heaven,
I lost my happiness, but you have lost your soul!

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Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924), "Den Ærgjerige", written 1876, appears in Mol og Dur
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This text was added to the website: 2011-08-29
Line count: 8
Word count: 89