Nous avons une légende -- un conte | Nous avons une légende -- un conte

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by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Man har et sagn ‑‑ et Eventyr

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: FRE

Man har et sagn -- et Eventyr:
Hver Musling Dyr 
Der bygger i den dybe, salte Søe 
Naar det har skabt sin Perle maa det døe! 
[-- O]¹ Kjærlighed, Du blev mit hjerte givet, 
[Og]² Perlen koste vil sin Skabning Livet.

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¹ in some editions, "Ja"
² in some editions, "Men"

Text Authorship:

by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), no title, appears in Phantasier og Skizzer, in Hjertets Melodier, no. 8 [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 Jesper Mark Pedersen (b. 1952), "Man har et Sagn - et Eventyr" [voice and piano] [
text not verified
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Nous avons une légende -- un conte", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Leif Møller

This text was added to the website: 2012-05-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 42

Nous avons une légende ‑‑ un conte

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

Nous avons une légende -- un conte :
Chaque coquillage
Qui habite la profonde mer salée
Doit mourir après avoir créé sa perle !
-- Ô amour, Tu fus donné à mon cœur,
Et la perle veut la vie de son créateur.

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Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), no title, appears in Phantasier og Skizzer, in Hjertets Melodier, no. 8
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-07
Line count: 6
Word count: 38