J'avais, ô j'avais | ... et il chanta ainsi, à gorge déployée

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by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

...og sang af fuld Hals, uden at ane

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: FRE GER

[...og sang af fuld Hals, uden at ane, 
hvad det var, han sang, saa travlt havde 
han med Regnen:]¹

Havde jeg, o havde jeg en Dattersøn, o ja!
Og en Kiste med mange, mange Penge,
Saa havde jeg vel ogsaa havt en [Datter]², o ja!
Og Huus og Hjem og Marker og Enge.

Havde jeg, o havde jeg en Datterlil, o ja!
Og Huus og Hjem og Marker og Enge,
Saa havde jeg vel ogsaa havt en Kjærrest, o ja!
Med Kister med mange, mange Penge.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. Nielsen • W. Stenhammar

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¹ omitted by Stenhammar ; Nielsen: "...og saa sang han af fuld hals, uden at ane, hvad det var han sang:"
² Nielsen: "Datterlil"

Text Authorship:

by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), no title, appears in Mogens [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 Matti Borg (b. 1956), "Havde jeg, o havde jeg", from Landskab. 12 sange til tekster af J.P.Jacobsen, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
by Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Vise af "Mogens"", op. 6 (Viser og vers = Songs and Verses) no. 5, FS. 14 no. 5 (1891) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871 - 1927), "Havde jeg, o havde jeg" [ chorus ], from Tre körvisor a capella, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "J'avais, ô j'avais", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2011-11-02
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J'avais, ô j'avais

Language: French (Français) after the Danish (Dansk)

[... et il chanta ainsi, à gorge déployée, 
sans savoir ce qu'il chantait]¹[, si occupé 
qu'il avait été par la pluie]² :

Si j'avais, ô si j'avais un petit fils, ô oui !
Et un coffre avec beaucoup, beaucoup d'argent,
Alors, j'aurais bien eu aussi une fille, ô oui!
Et maison et foyer et champs et prés.

Si j'avais, ô si j'avais une petite fille, ô oui !
Et maison et foyer et champs et prés,
Alors, j'aurais bien eu aussi une chérie, ô oui!
Avec un coffre avec beaucoup, beaucoup d'argent.

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¹ omis par Stenhammar
² omis par Stenhammar and Nielsen

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a text in Danish (Dansk) by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), no title, appears in Mogens
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