Paroles et traduction Virelai - Nøkken

Nøkken

Der ganger dans ude i kongens skov,
Og kongens datter hun dansede for.
Åh ja, åh ja, åh ja.
Kongens datter hun dansede for.

Der danser riddere med dragne sværd,
Kongens datter hun ford dem kværd.
Åh ja, åh ja, åh ja.
Kongens datter hun ford dem kværd.

Sangen fløj over mark og å,
Det hørte Nøkken under vandet lå.
Åh ja, åh ja, åh ja.
Det hørte Nøkken under vandet lå.

Opstander Nøkken, han tænkte ved sig;
Mon ikke den jomfru ville have mig?
Han skaber sig hest af det klare vand,
Sadel og bidsel af gyldent sand.
Og jomfruen smiler under skind;
Åh, gid den ridder han var min!
Åh ja, åh ja, åh ja.
Gid den ridder han var min.

Han slog om hende sin kåbe blå,
Så red de af gårde, slet ingen dem så.
De red over stub og de red over strand,
Hans hest den stander ved så vildt et vand.
Og de kom ud på vilden sund,
Og Nøkken drager jomfruen mod havets bund.
Åh ja, åh ja, åh ja.
Nøkken drager jomfruen mod havets bund.

Men jomfruen sang så blide,
Hun måtte fra Nøkken glide.
Åh ja, åh ja, åh ja.
Hun måtte fra Nøkken glide.

Jomfruen sang med harme
Sig selv ud af Nøkkens arme.
Åh ja, åh ja, åh ja.
Sig selv ud af Nøkkens arme.

Da måtte man høre så langt af led,
Hvor Nøkken han under vandet græd.
Åh ja, åh ja, åh ja.
Hvor Nøkken han under vandet græd.

Det høres hen over bro og dam,
Hvor hjerteligt den jomfru sang.
Åh ja, åh ja, åh ja.
Hvor hjerteligt den jomfru sang.

Nøkken

There is dancing out in the king's forest,
And the King's daughter, she dances.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes.
The King's daughter, she dances.

Knights dance with drawn swords,
The King's daughter, she sings them a song.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes.
The King's daughter, she sings them a song.

The song flew over field and meadow,
Nøkken heard it beneath the water.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes.
Nøkken heard it beneath the water.

Nøkken rose, he thought to himself;
Would not that maiden have me?
From the clear water, he created a horse,
Saddle and bridle of golden sand.
And the maiden smiles beneath her skin;
Oh, if only that knight were mine!
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes.
If only that knight were mine.

He threw his blue cloak around her,
And they rode away, none saw them.
They rode over stubble and they rode over strand,
His horse stands by a wild water.
And they came out on the wild sound,
And Nøkken draws the maiden to the bottom of the sea.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes.
Nøkken draws the maiden to the bottom of the sea.

But the maiden sang so sweetly,
She had to slip from Nøkken.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes.
She had to slip from Nøkken.

The maiden sang with anger,
Herself out of Nøkken's arms.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes.
Herself out of Nøkken's arms.

Then one could hear from far and wide,
Where Nøkken he wept beneath the water.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes.
Where Nøkken he wept beneath the water.

It was heard over bridge and dam,
How heartily the maiden sang.
Oh yes, oh yes, oh yes.
How heartily the maiden sang.