Hans Christian Andersen: ''Hjertets Melodier IV.' (Min Tankes Tanke...)

 

Hjertets Melodier IV. (1830)

 

Min Tankes Tanke ene du er vorden,

Du er mit Hjertes første Kærlighed.

Jeg elsker Dig, som Ingen her på Jorden,

Jeg elsker Dig i Tid og Evighed!

 

Digtet er […], skrevet i 1830 og anbragt under titlen “Hjertets Melodier” sammen med syv andre digte møntet på Andersens første kærlighed Riborg Voigt.

 

 

Melodies of the Heart IV (1830)

 

You have become my one thought all-consuming,

You are the first love that my heart has known.

My love for you my whole life is illuming,

My love for you eternal now has grown.

 

 

The poem was in fact written in 1830 and placed under the title ‘Hjertets Melodier’ (Melodies of the Heart), along with seven other poems dealing with Andersen’s first love, Riborg Voigt.

 

Also set to music by Edvard Grieg. For more information, go to here.