Ô quand les rayons de la lune jouent doucement

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by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

O, naar Maanens Straaler milde spille

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: FRE

TOVE
 O, naar Maanens Straaler milde spille,
 Naar cmkring mig Alt er tyst og stille,
 Da er Vand mig ikke Søens Vove,
 Træer ej de dunkle, tavse Skove,
 Sky ej, hvad mig Himlens Hvælving dølger.
 Dal og Bakke ikke Jordens Bølger,
 Form ej Form og Farven ikke Farve,
 Alt : et Udtryk for hvad Gud har drømt.

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Confirmed with J. P. Jacobsen Udvalgte Digte, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Vorlag, Kjøbenhavn og Kristiana, 1919

Text Authorship:

by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), no title, appears in Gurresange, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Robert Franz Arnold (originally Levisohn) (1872 - 1938) CAT ENG FRE FRE ITA ; composed by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg.

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FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Ô quand les rayons de la lune jouent...

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

TOVE
 Ô quand les rayons de la lune jouent doucement,
 Quand autour de moi tout est calme et silencieux,
 L'eau n'est pas pour moi la vague de la mer,
 Les arbres pas la sombre et taciturne forêt,
 Les nuages pas ce qui me dissimule  la voûte du ciel.
 Les vallons et les collines pas les vagues de la terre,
 Les formes pas des formes et les couleurs pas des couleurs,
 Tout est expression de ce que Dieu a rêvé.

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a text in Danish (Dansk) by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), no title, appears in Gurresange, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2013-08-14
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Word count: 79