by Per Sivle (1857 - 1904)
Translation Singable translation by Julia von Bose

Return, gladsome day
Language: English  after the Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Return, gladsome day, that art quite our own,
the day unto us so dear!
Thou bringest us tidings of faith and song
and whisperth, that spring is near.

Oh freedom, a halo thy head adorns
of green leaves a fragrant crown;
as long as it does not wither and fade,
will Norway remain our own.

From the Sinding score.


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