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by Jeppe Aakjær (1866 - 1930)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Høgen

Language: Danish (Dansk)

Our translations: FRE

Vær hilset Høg over Granetop,
du stolteste Fugl i Skoven!
Du stirrer trodsigt mod Himlen op,
din Flugt er vild og forvoven.

Du kløver Brisen i vilden Lyst,
mens grønligt Øjnene spejde;
du hugger dit Næb i din Fjendes Bryst,
og aldrig du skjænker ham Lejde.

Du er en Røver for Gud og Mand,
i Blod du sølede Hammen;
du ser med Foragt paa den vrikkende And,
der spejler sin Fedme i Dammen.

Jeg elsker vel ej din blodige Klo,
men Flugtens Sus om din Bringe,
dit vilde Blik fra dit stolte Bo
og Solens Blink paa din Vinge.

Confirmed with Jeppe Aakjær. Samlede Værker - Første Bind - Digte 1885-1908, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag, Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania, 1918.

Text Authorship:

by Jeppe Aakjær (1866 - 1930), "Høgen" [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 Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Høgen", op. 21 (Strofiske sange), Heft 1 no. 2, FS. 42 no. 2 (1902-7) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

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

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-10-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 99

L'épervier

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

Salut à toi, épervier au-dessus des sapins,
toi l'oiseau le plus fier de la forêt !
Tu fixes avec insolence le haut du ciel,
ton vol est farouche et téméraire.

Tu fends l'air avec un plaisir sauvage
tandis que ton œil vert guette ;
ton bec dépèce la poitrine de ton  ennemi
et jamais tu ne leur offres une chance.

Tu es un voleur devant Dieu et les hommes,
tes dépouilles barbotent dans le sang ;
tu regardes avec mépris le canard qui godille
et qui surveille son obésité sur l'étang.

Je n'aime pas trop tes serres sanglantes,
mais j'aime le bruissement du vol sur ton poitrail,
ton regard sauvage depuis ton orgueilleux nid,
et l'éclat du soleil sur ton aile.

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This text was added to the website: 2013-10-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 118