Je conduirai ma fiancée à la fête de mai

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by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Til Majdag fører jeg hjem min Brud

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: FRE

Til Majdag fører jeg hjem min Brud,
En Rosensblomme i Liljeskrud,
Spil Spillemænd, spil!
Den Dag skal Skoven ha' Grønt i sin Hat
Og Engen ha' Blomster i Barm.
Og fuld saa Maanen skal være den Nat,
Men Solen skal danse sig varm.
Og Gøgen skal kukke og Lykken os spaa
Og Finker skal fløjte og Drosler skal slaa,
Men Sorgen skal holde sig hjemme.
Til Majdag fører jeg hjem min Brud,
En Rosensblomme i Liljeskrud,
Spil Spillemænd, spil!

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Text Authorship:

by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), "Til Majdag", written 1875, appears in Et Skud i Taagen [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), "Til Majdag fører jeg hjem min Brud", from Landskab. 12 sange til tekster af J.P.Jacobsen, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Til majdag", op. 3 (Tre sånger = Drei Lieder) no. 1 (1887) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Adolf Wiklund (1879 - 1950), "Til majdag förer jeg hjem min brud" [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Robert Franz Arnold (1872 - 1938) , "Aus "Ein Schuß im Nebel"" ; composed by Clemens Erwein Heinrich Karl Bonaventura Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein, Hans Hermann, Erich J. Wolff, Alexander Zemlinsky.

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Leif Møller

This text was added to the website: 2007-08-17
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Word count: 79

Je conduirai ma fiancée à la fête de mai

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

Je conduirai ma fiancée à la fête de mai
Un bouton de rose en petite robe,
Joue, ménétrier, joue !
Ce jour la forêt verdira son chapeau
Et la prairie fleurira sa poitrine.
Et ce sera une nuit de pleine lune
Et le soleil dansera avec ardeur,
Et le coucou nous prédira le bonheur,
Et les pinsons et les grives chanteront.
Les soucis resteront à la maison ;
Je conduirai ma fiancée à la fête de mai
Un bouton de rose en petite robe,
Joue, ménétrier, joue !

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Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), "Til Majdag", written 1875, appears in Et Skud i Taagen
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This text was added to the website: 2012-01-07
Line count: 13
Word count: 85