Silkesko over gylden Læst

Silkesko over gylden Læst!
Jeg har mig en Jomfru fæst'!
Jeg har mig en dejlig Jomfru fæst'!
Ingen er som hun paa Guds sollyse Jord,
Ikke en eneste en.
Som Himlen i Syd og som Sneen i Nord
Er hun ren.
Men der er Jorderigs Fryd i min Himmel,
Og Flammer der staar af min Sne.
Ingen Sommers Rose er rødere,
End hendes Øje er sort . . .

Translation(s): ENG FRE GER GER GER

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Submitted by Emily Ezust [Administrator]

Authorship

• by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), "Silkesko over gylden Læst" [ author's text checked 1 time]

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), "Silkesko over gylden Læst", published 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 1, also set in English, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Silkesko over gylden Læst", op. 6 (Viser og vers = Songs and Verses) no. 3, FS. 14 no. 3 (1891). [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Silkesko over gylden Læst", 1935. [voice and piano] [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
• by Adolf Wiklund (1879 - 1950), "Silkesko over gylden Læst", also set in German as "Seidenschuh über Leist von Gold" [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

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• Also set in English, a translation by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934) FRE GER GER GER by Frederick Delius.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jelka Rosen (Delius) (1868 - 1935) ENG FRE by Frederick Delius.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Emmy Schreck ENG FRE by Julius Bechgaard.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Robert Franz Arnold (originally Levisohn) (1872 - 1938) , "Seidenschuh über Leisten von Gold" ENG FRE by Clemens Erwein Heinrich Karl Bonaventura Freiherr von und zu Franckenstein.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Soulier de soie sur forme d'or", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Text added to the website: 2004-03-30.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:04
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Word count: 69

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Seidenschuhe

Seidenschuhe mit Sohlen von Gold!
Mir ist eine Jungfrau hold!
Die schönste Jungfrau harret mein!
Keine ist wie sie auf Gottes schöner Welt, 
keine Einzige, nein.
Wie im Süden der Himmel, 
im Norden der Schnee ist sie rein.
Doch irdisches Glück ist in meinem Himmel, 
Flammen entsprühn meinem Schnee.
Keine Sommerrose ist röter 
als schwarz ihr Augenpaar.

Submitted by Peter Donderwinkel

Authorship

• Singable translation by Jelka Rosen (Delius) (1868 - 1935) [ author's text checked 1 time]

• a text in Danish (Dansk) by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), "Silkesko over gylden Læst" ENG FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Frederick Delius, Carl Nielsen, Ture Rangström, Adolf Wiklund. 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), "Seidenschuhe", 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 1, also set in English, also set in Danish (Dansk) [
   text verified 1 time
  ]

Text added to the website: 2003-11-24.
Last modified: 2014-06-16 10:02:01
Line count: 11
Word count: 57