To Springtime my song I utter | To Springtime my song I utter

by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910)

Translation Singable translation by Frederick Corder (1852 - 1932)

Jeg giver mit Digt til Vaaren

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FRE

Jeg giver mit Digt til Vaaren,
skjøndt endnu den ej er baaren,
jeg giver mit Digt til Vaaren
som Længsler til Længsler lagt.
Saa slutter de to en Pagt --:
at lokke paa Sol med Liste,
saa Vinteren Nød maa friste,
at slippe et Kor af Bække,
saa Sangen ham maa forskrække,
at jage ham ud af Luften
med idelig Blomsterduften, --
jeg giver mit Digt til Vaaren!

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by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910), "Jeg giver mit Digt til Vaaren", appears in Fiskerjenten [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), "Jeg giver mit Digt til Vaaren", op. 21 (Fire Dikt fra Fiskerjenten) no. 3 (1870-1872), published 1873 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Jeg giver mit Digt til Våren", op. 1 (Fyra dikter af Ibsen och Björnson) no. 2 (1876) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878) ; composed by Alban Förster, Albert Hahn.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English [singable] (Frederick Corder) , "To Springtime my song I utter"
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "J'offre mon poème au printemps", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 66

To Springtime my song I utter

Language: English after the Norwegian (Bokmål)

To Springtime my song I utter,
that back to us he may flutter,
both laden with fancies sweet
in friendly affection meet.
They smile and the sun is brightened;
old winter is scared and frightened;
to join them the brook comes bubbling,
his spirit the song is troubling,
and, chased from their secret bowers,
light winds bring the breath of flowers.
To Springtime my song I utter!

Note: from the Grieg score.

Text Authorship:

Singable translation by Frederick Corder (1852 - 1932), "To Springtime my song I utter" [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910), "Jeg giver mit Digt til Vaaren", appears in Fiskerjenten
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

[ None yet in the database ]

Researcher for this page: Harry Joelson

This text was added to the website: 2009-03-22
Line count: 11
Word count: 67