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by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910)

Synden, døden
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Synden, døden, søstre to,
satt tilsammen i morgenrøden.
Gift deg, søster, så får jeg bo
i ditt hus, sagde døden.

Synden holdt bryllop, døden lo,
dansende om dem på bryllopsdagen;
natten kom, hun brudgommen tok,
og bar bort i laken.

Synden våkned alene, græt.
Døden satt over i morgenrøden:
den du elsker, jeg elsker med;
han er her, sagde døden.

Text Authorship:

  • by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Catharinus Elling (1858 - 1942), "Synden, døden", op. 40 (Fem sange) no. 6 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Johan August Söderman (1832 - 1876), "Synden, døden", published 1871 [ voice and piano ], from Digte og sange af Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson. 1. samlingen, no. 6, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2016-02-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 60

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