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Men naar jeg siden i Dagens Klarhed dit Aasyn mødte, da veg jeg sky, jeg sprang, jeg flygted, til Hjertet svulmed i høi Foragt for den lille By, — den lille By med sin ene Gade, som laa og kogte i Sommersol, hvor Græsset grodde i Fred og Frihed, hvor Hunde dovned, og Haner gol. Hvem fatted vel mine Dages Kummer, hvem fatted vel mine Nætters Savn, den Sorgens Ynde, den stille Høihed, som bar dit Væsen og gav dig Navn? Dog hvad var Verden, den store Verden, hvor tidt den fristed min unge Trang, hvad var den vel, naar du sorgfuld vandred din tause, ensomme Drømmegang! Ja, om jeg stod som en Gud paa Bjerget og skuéd ind i dens Herlighed, jeg vilde længes, jeg vilde længes at synke for dine Fødder ned. O, stolt Gulnare! — Du skjænked aldrig din Pages Ydmyghed Smilets Løn, men jeg har hulket for dig i Nætter og knælet raadløs i Graad og Bøn.
C. Sinding sets stanzas 4-6
Authorship:
- by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937), appears in Fra Vaar til Høst, in Det var engang i de fjærne Tider, no. 3, first published 1894 [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 Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Dog hvad var Verden", op. 36 no. 4, published 1897, stanzas 4-6 [voice and piano], from Fra Vaar til Høst, no. 4. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Eugen von Enzberg) , title 1: "Doch was galt Welt mir", published 1897
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title unknown, copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2009-07-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 161
Mais quand dans la clarté du jour je rencontrai ton visage, je reculai timidement, je sautai, le cœur empli d'un grand mépris je m'enfuis vers la petite ville, la petite ville avec une seule rue, qui s'étendait et cuisait sous le soleil d'été, où l'herbe poussait en paix et liberté, où les chiens fainéantaient et les coqs chantaient. Qui comprenait l'affliction de mes journées, qui comprenait le regret de mes nuits, la suavité des chagrins, la grandeur silencieuse qui portait ton être et te donna un nom ? Qu'était donc ce monde, ce vaste monde, Comme il éprouvait souvent mes jeunes désirs, que valait-il donc quand accablée tu avançais sur le chemin silencieux et solitaire de tes rêves ! Oui, si j'étais comme un dieu sur sa montagne et plongeais mon regard sur sa splendeur, je languirais, je languirais de plonger à tes pieds. Ô fière Gulnare ! tu n'offris jamais la récompense de ton sourire à ton humble page, mais j'ai sangloté pour toi durant des nuits, à genoux, sans remède, en pleurs et en prières.
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- Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 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 Norwegian (Bokmål) by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937), appears in Fra Vaar til Høst, in Det var engang i de fjærne Tider, no. 3, first published 1894
This text was added to the website: 2014-05-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 177