Bibliotheca Polyglotta

Fru Inger til Østråt (Lady Inger of Östråt)

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FRU INGER.
Lad så være. Men om jeg også valgte at sidde uvirksom her, skønt det stod til mig at handle, – tror du da ikke, at slige kår var mig en byrde, tung nok, uden at du skulde hobe stene på den?

LADY INGER.
May be so. But if indeed I had chosen to sit here idle, though it was my part to act--do you not think that such a choice were burden enough for me, without your adding to its weight?

ELINE.
De stene, jeg hober på eders byrde, knuger mig lige så tungt som eder. Let og fri trak jeg livsens ånde, så længe jeg havde eder at tro på. Thi for at leve må jeg kende mig stolt; og det vilde jeg været med rette, dersom I var bleven, hvad I engang var.

ELINA.
The weight I add to your burden bears on me as heavily as on you. Lightly and freely I drew the breath of life, so long as I had you to believe in. For my pride is my life; and well had it become me, if you had remained what once you were.

FRU INGER.
Og hvad borger dig for, at jeg ikke er det? Eline, – hvoraf véd du så visst, at du ikke gør din moder uret?

LADY INGER.
And what proves to you I have not? Elina, how can you know so surely that you are not doing your mother wrong?

ELINE
(frembrydende).
O, hvis jeg gjorde det!

ELINA
(vehemently).
Oh, that I were!

FRU INGER.
Stille! Du har ingen ret til at kræve regnskab af din moder. – Med et eneste ord kunde jeg – –; dog, det vilde ikke være godt for dig at høre; du må vente, hvad tiden bringer med sig; kan hænde, at –

LADY INGER.
Peace! You have no right to call your mother to account---- With a single word I could---- ----; but it would be an ill word for you to hear; you must await what time shall bring; may be that----

ELINE
(idet hun vil gå).
Sov vel, min moder!

ELINA
(turns to go).
Sleep well, my mother!

FRU INGER
(nølende).
Nej, – bliv hos mig; der er endnu noget, som – – Kom nærmere; – du må høre mig, Eline!
(hun sætter sig ved bordet foran vinduet.)

LADY INGER
(hesitates).
Nay, stay with me; I have still somewhat-- Come nearer;--you must hear me, Elina!
(Sits down by the table in front of the window.)

ELINE.
Jeg hører eder.

ELINA.
I am listening.

FRU INGER.
Så taus du også er, så véd jeg dog for visst, at du mere end engang længes bort herfra. Det er dig for ensomt og for øde på Østråt.

LADY INGER.
For as silent as you are, I know well that you often long to be gone from here. Östråt is too lonely and lifeless for you.

ELINE.
Hvor kan det undre jer, min moder?

ELINA.
Do you wonder at that, my mother?

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