Text & Translation
På Norges nogne fjelde, 'The Pine Tree'
Norwegian source:
John Olaf Paulsen
en gran så ensom står.
Den slumrer; et snehvidt lagen
omkring den Vinteren slår.
Den drømmer om en palme,
der fjernt i morgenland
sørger forladt og stille
i ørkenens hede sand.
The Pine Tree
English translation ©
Joanna Harries
A lonely fir tree stands.
It slumbers; winter wraps it about
In a snow white sheet.
It dreams of a palm tree,
Far away in Eastern lands,
Which mourns alone and silently
in the desert’s hot sands.
På Norges nogne fjelde, 'The Pine Tree'
Norwegian source:
John Olaf Paulsen
The Pine Tree
English source:
Joanna Harries
På Norges nøgne fjelde
On Norway’s bare mountains
en gran så ensom står.
A lonely fir tree stands.
Den slumrer; et snehvidt lagen
It slumbers; winter wraps it about
omkring den Vinteren slår.
In a snow white sheet.
Den drømmer om en palme,
It dreams of a palm tree,
der fjernt i morgenland
Far away in Eastern lands,
sørger forladt og stille
Which mourns alone and silently
i ørkenens hede sand.
in the desert’s hot sands.
