Piece for soprano and piano. It is written with text by the danish poet Tove Ditlevsen.
It was written for the soprano Helene Hvass Hansen and the pianist Cathrine Penderup.
”Dag for Dag" is a part of my song collection ”Songes". Other pieces in that serie are Deres ord, Søvnsind, På godt og ondt & Det skarpe v.
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DAG FOR DAG
Skinner solen alt for længe
på den lyse badestrand,
må jeg længes efter sneens
uberørte vinterland.
Elsker du mig for bestandigt,
må jeg følge hjertets trang
til at tænke på en anden,
som jeg elskede engang.
Vokser lykken som en perle,
uden lyde, dag for dag,
må jeg underligt og trofast
elske mine nederlag.
Poem by Tove Ditlevsen
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DAY BY DAY
If the sun shines far too long
on the bright bathe shore,
I must yearn for snow
in untouched winter landscape.
Do you love me through always,
I must follow the urge in my heart
to think of another,
who I once loved.
Does luck grow as a gem,
without sound, day by day,
may I oddly and faithfully
love my defeats.
Translation by Ylva Lund Bergner