Nu løftes Laft og Lofte

Nu løftes Laft og Lofte
Til Stjernehvælven blaa,
Nu flyver lille Haakon
Med Drømmevinger paa.

Der er en Stige stillet
Fra Jord til Himmel op,
Nu stiger lille Haakon
Med Englene tiltop.

Guds Engle smaa, de vaager
For Vuggebarnets Fred,
Gud sign' Dig, lille Haakon,
Din Moder vaager med!

Translation(s): ENG ENG GER GER GER ITA

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Authorship

• by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "En Stue i Kongsgaarden", written 1864, appears in Kongs-Emnerne [ 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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Margretes Vuggesang", op. 15 (Romanser) no. 1 (1864-8), published 1868. [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Knut Håkanson (1887 - 1929), "Margarethes vuggesang (ur Ibsens Kongsemnerne)", 1908/14. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• Also set in English, a translation by William Archer (1856 - 1924) GER GER GER ITA by Gustav Holst.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Franz (Friedrich) von Holstein (1826 - 1878) , "Margarethen Wiegenlied" ENG ENG ITA by Paul Mirsch.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ludwig Passarge (1825 - 1912) ENG ENG ITA by Frederick Delius.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914) ENG ENG ITA by Felix Paul Weingartner.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• ENG English [singable] (Frederick Corder) , "Margaret's Cradle Song"
• ITA Italian (Italiano) (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz) , "La ninna-nanna di Margrete", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Wiegenlied

Nun hebt sich Dach und Decke 
zum Sternenhimmel auf;
Nun schwebt der kleine Haakon 
auf Flügeln des Traums hinauf.

Es reichet eine Leiter 
bis in den Himmel hinein;
Die wandert der kleine Haakon 
mit den lieben Engelein.

Die Engelein behüten 
mein Kind die ganze Nacht;
Gott segne dich, klein Haakon, 
auch deine Mutter wacht.

Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Authorship

• by Ludwig Passarge (1825 - 1912) [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

• a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "En Stue i Kongsgaarden", written 1864, appears in Kongs-Emnerne ENG ENG ITA
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Edvard Grieg, Knut Håkanson. Go to the text.

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

• by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Wiegenlied", 1889-90, published 1892, from Seven Songs from the Norwegian, no. 6. [
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  ]

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