Nuit | Beaucoup semblent gais et légers

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by Helge Rode (1870 - 1937)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Nat

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: FRE

Saa mangt kan synes lyst og let
ved Dagens muntre Skin;
men naar den store Sol er træt,
og verden bliver blind;
da vokser Sorg af Natens Dyb,
og gør det dobbelt sort,
da lister Angstens hvide Kryb
sig under hjertets Port.
Oh Sol! Oh Sol ! Hvad er din Pragt
mod Nattemørkets Magt.

Confirmed with Rode, Helge. Digte, Alb. Cammermeyers Forlag (Lars Swanstrøm), Kristiania og Kjøbenhavn, 1896.

Text Authorship:

by Helge Rode (1870 - 1937), "Nat", appears in Digte, first published 1896 [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 Sigurd Lie (1871 - 1904), "Nat" [ low voice and piano ], from 8 Sange for dyb Stemme, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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

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Word count: 53

Nuit

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

Beaucoup semblent gais et légers
à la joyeuse clarté du jour ;
mais bientôt le grand soleil est fatigué
et le monde devient aveugle ;
alors croît le souci de la profonde nuit,
et il fait doublement noir,
alors le blanc serpent de la peur
se glisse sous la porte du cœur.
Ô soleil ! Ô soleil ! Quelle est ta splendeur
devant la puissance de la nuit noire.

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Based on:

a text in Danish (Dansk) by Helge Rode (1870 - 1937), "Nat", appears in Digte, first published 1896
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This text was added to the website: 2013-09-16
Line count: 10
Word count: 65