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by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

I alle de riger og lande

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: FRE

I alle de riger og lande,
hvorhen jeg i verden fo'r,
jeg fægted med åben pande
for, hvad jeg for alvor tror. 

En ørn var mit hjelmemærke,
på brynjen stod korsets tegn,
på skjold bar jeg løverne stærke
i hjerternes milde hegn. 

Når mænd jeg kasted min handske,
opslog jeg min ridderhjelm,
de så, jeg var Holger Danske
og ingen formummet skælm. 

Vil dansken i verden fægte,
men dølger åsyn og navn,
jeg ved, hans ånd er ej ægte,
jeg tager ham ej i favn.

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Text Authorship:

by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862), "Holger Danskes mærke", first published 1837 [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 Niels Wilhelm Gade (1817 - 1890), "Holger Danskes mærke", 1863, from Holger Danskes Sange, no. 10. [
text not verified
]
by Johan Christian Gebauer (1808 - 1884), "I alle de riger og lande", c1845. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Les armes de Holger Danske", copyright © 2012, (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.
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Word count: 85

Les armes de Holger Danske

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

Dans tous les royaumes et pays
du monde où je suis allé,
j'ai combattu le front levé
pour ce que je croyais sérieux.

Un aigle ornait mon casque,
Le signe de la croix ma cuirasse,
Mon écu portait de puissants lions
dans le doux enclos d'un cœur.

Quand j'ai jeté mon gant,
puis soulevé mon heaume de chevalier,
on vit que j'étais Holger Danske,
et pas un farceur déguisé.

Si un danois voulait combattre dans le monde
mais dissimulait son visage et son nom,
je saurais qu'il n'a pas l'esprit droit,
et je ne le prendrais pas dans mes bras.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862), "Holger Danskes mærke", first published 1837
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-22
Line count: 16
Word count: 100