Songs

Jeg elsker Dig (I love you)

by Edvard Grieg From Hjertets Melodier (1864)

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Jeg elsker Dig (I love you)
Norwegian source: Hans Christian Andersen

Min Tankes Tanke ene Du er vorden,
Du er mit Hjærtes første Kjærlighed.
Jeg elsker Dig som Ingen her på Jorden,
jeg elsker Dig i Tid og Evighed.

I love you
English translation © Oxford Song

You alone have become the thought of my thought,
You are my heart’s first love.
I love as like no one else on Earth,
I love you for all time and eternity.

Jeg elsker Dig (I love you)
Norwegian source: Hans Christian Andersen

I love you
English source: Oxford Song

Min Tankes Tanke ene Du er vorden,
You alone have become the thought of my thought,
Du er mit Hjærtes første Kjærlighed.
You are my heart’s first love.
Jeg elsker Dig som Ingen her på Jorden,
I love as like no one else on Earth,
jeg elsker Dig i Tid og Evighed.
I love you for all time and eternity.

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Hans Christian Andersen

Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. Although a prolific writer of plays, travelogues, novels, and poems, Andersen is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen's popularity is not limited to children; his stories, called eventyr in…

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