by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)
Lys nat
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)
Og juniregnen pusler over æbleblomsters sne, Og der er intet menneske paa veien mer at se, Og natten er vidunderlig stille. Nei, intet skal forstyrre dig, min elskede, inat. Og derfor galer ikke gjøgen ifra krat, Og derfor bruser fossen fjernt og sagte. Jeg skjælver, naar jeg tenker paa, at du har mig kjær, Jeg skjælver, naar jeg tenker paa, at var du ikke her, Da havde jeg livet ikke levet.
Authorship:
- by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933) [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 Rued Langgaard (1893 - 1952), "Lys nat", 1915 [voice and piano], from Fem erotiske digte (5 erotic poems), no. 3. [ sung text verified 1 time]
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