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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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View original text (without footnotes)1 in some editions, "Ja"
2 in some editions, "Men"
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]
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 text: Leif Møller
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-20
Line count: 6
Word count: 40
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.
Authorship:
- Translation from Danish (Dansk) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 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), no title, appears in Phantasier og Skizzer, in Hjertets Melodier, no. 8
This text was added to the website: 2013-09-07
Line count: 6
Word count: 40