D'après une chanson russe | Elle est si blanche, ma bien-aimée

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by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Hun er saa hvid, min Hjertenskjær

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: FRE GRE

Hun er saa hvid, min Hjertenskjær,
Et mere hvidt ej findes der;
Jeg elsker hende, ej det sker,
At jeg kan elske hende mer!

Nu er hun død, min Hjertenskjær,
langt mere hvid hun smilerder!
Nu er hun død, o Hjertegru!
Og mer jeg elsker hende nu!

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Text Authorship:

by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Efter det Russiske", written 1843, appears in Poetiske bagateller, no. 2 [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), "Hun er saa hvid", op. 18 (Romanser og sanger) no. 2 (1865-1869), published 1869 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Hun er saa hvid" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English [singable] (Frederick Corder) , "My love she was so pure"
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "D'après une chanson russe", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Sie ist so weiß"
GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Λευκή κι αγνή", copyright © 2014, (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: 47

D'après une chanson russe

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

Elle est si blanche, ma bien-aimée,
On ne peut trouver plus blanche ;
Je l'aime, et il ne peut se faire
Que je puisse l'aimer encore plus !

Maintenant elle est morte, ma bien-aimée,
Et son sourire est encore plus blanc !
Maintenant elle est morte, que mon cœur est triste !
Maintenant je l'aime encore plus !

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Translation from Danish (Dansk) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Efter det Russiske", written 1843, appears in Poetiske bagateller, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2013-01-02
Line count: 8
Word count: 53