Saturday 2 November 2024

Hans Christian Andersen: 'De Nygifte'

 


De Nygifte

 

Neapolitansk folkemelodi,

”lo te voglio bene assaje"

 

Så smukt er ingen Steder

Som hos et nygift Par,

Selv Meubler der og Klæder

Den friske Ungdom har;

Med Eden er det lignet

Og ligner ei saa smaat:

O, der er saa velsignet,

Saa hyggeligt og godt!

 

Jeg gik, hvor Skovens Grene

Ud over Stien hang.

En lille Fugl sad ene,

Og derfor ei den sang;

Men var der To ved Reden, 

De qvidred’ nok saa fro:

Rundt om dem var et Eden,

Fordi at de var to!

 

Alt har en Duft, en Tone,

Et eget trylleri;

Den søde, lille Kone

Er ene Skyld deri.

En kan ei Himlen finde,

Nej, man maa være to:

Jeg råder Mand og Qvinde:

Skynd jer at sætte Boe!

 

 

The Newly Weds

 

Neapolitan folk melody

‘lo te voglio bene assaje’

 

More beautiful is nowhere

Than newly weds’ first home,

The furnishings and clothes there

Have freshness all their own;

It has a touch of Eden,

A quite well-founded view:

Delightful is the scene and

So cosy and so true.

 

I took a woodland path where

The branches dipped down low.

A small bird sat apart there,

No notes were heard to flow;

Two close by had their nest and

Much chirping did ensue:

An Eden at its best and

Because they now were two!

 

The ambience discreetly 

Has its own magic life;

And this is due completely

To his own charming wife.

No heaven’s within reach till

The seeker forms a pair:

So, love-birds, I beseech you:

To build a nest to share!

 

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