Le lièvre et le renard | Et le renard était couché sous les racines du bouleau

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by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Og ræven lå under birkerod

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

Og ræven lå under birkerod
  bort ved lyngen,
og haren hoppede på lette fod
  over lyngen.
Det er vel noget til solskinsdag!
Det glitrer for, og det glitrer bag
  over lyngen.

Og ræven lo under birkerod
  bort ved lyngen,
og haren hoppede i vilde mod
  over lyngen.
Jeg er så glad over alle ting!
Hu hej, gør du slige svære spring
  over lyngen?

Og ræven vented bag birkerod
  bort ved lyngen,
og haren tumlede ham midt imod
  over lyngen.
Men gud forbarme sig, er du der! -
Å, kære, hvor tør du danse her
  over lyngen?

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Text Authorship:

by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910), "Haren og ræven", first published 1857 [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 Halfdan Kjerulf (1815 - 1868), "Ingrids vise", op. 6 (Otte norske viser) no. 4, HK. 148 (1858), published 1859 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Halfdan Kjerulf (1815 - 1868), "Og Ræven laa", 1848-68, published [1868] [ men's chorus a cappella ], from Album for Mandssang, no. 18, Kristiana (Oslo): Carl Warmuth [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Edmund Lobedanz (1820 - 1882) , "Ingrids Lied", appears in Ausgewählte Gedichte von Björnstjerne Björnson, Carl XV., C. Hauch, Th. Kjerulf, A. Munch, Oscar II., Paludan Müller (Adam Homo), Runeberg, Welhaven, Chr. Winther und anderen neueren nordischen Dichtern, Leipzig, Wilhelm Friedrich Verlag des "Magazin für die Literatur des Auslandes", p. 40, first published 1881 ; composed by Halfdan Kjerulf.

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le lièvre et le renard", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 95

Le lièvre et le renard

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

Et le renard était couché sous les racines du bouleau
  là-bas dans la bruyère,
Et le lièvre sautait sur ses pattes légères
  sur la bruyère.
C'est une bien belle journée ensoleillée !
Ça brille devant, ça brille derrière
  sur la bruyère.

Et le renard riait sous les racines du bouleau
  là-bas dans la bruyère,
Et le lièvre sautait avec grand courage
  sur la bruyère.
Tout ça me rend si joyeux !
Ohé, vas-tu faire un grand saut
  sur la bruyère ?

Et le renard attendait derrière les racines du bouleau
  là-bas dans la bruyère,
et le lièvre s'ébattait de son côté
  sur la bruyère.
Mais miséricorde, te voilà !
Oh, chérie, comment oses-tu danser là,
  sur la bruyère ?

Titre de Kjerulf: "Chanson d'Ingrid"

Text Authorship:

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a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910), "Haren og ræven", first published 1857
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This text was added to the website: 2012-04-23
Line count: 21
Word count: 114