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Ho er mager og myrk og mjaa Med brune og reine Drag Og Augo djupe og graa' Og stilslegt, drøymande Lag. Det er som det halvt um halvt Laag ein Svevn yver heile ho; I Rørsle, Tale og alt Ho hev denne døyvde Ro. Under Panna fager, men laag Lyser Augo som bak ein Eim; Det er som dei stirande saag Langt inn i ein annan Heim. Ho gjeng aat sin Omnskraabenk og set seg, men veit det knapt, og tek denne Mjølkeskjenk og sit der roleg fortapt. Berre Barmen gjeng sprengd og tung, Og det bivrar um Munnen bleik. Ho er skjelvande sped og veik, Midt i det ho er ven og ung.
E. Grieg sets stanzas 1-2, 3 (lines 5-8)
Text Authorship:
- by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924), "Veslemøy", appears in Haugtussa, in 2. Veslemøy synsk, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Veslemøy", op. 67 no. 2 (1895), published 1898, stanzas 1-2, 3 (lines 5-8) [ voice and piano ], from Haugtussa, no. 2, Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "La petita donzella", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Nigel Parker) , "Veslemøy", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Veslemøy", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Veslemøy", copyright © 2015, (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.
Line count: 20
Word count: 114
She is slim, dark and slender with dark and distinct features. Her grey eyes are deep set, her manner quiet and dreamlike. It's almost as if she seems to be in a trance. In her movements and speech, she is quiet and calm. Under her low forehead the eyes are veiled. They could almost be gazing deep into a far distant world. She takes her seat at the fireside bench. Scarcely knowing what she is doing, she takes up a milk jug, and sits there quietly, deep in thought. Her breath is rapid and heavy, her lips faintly trembling, A quavering slip of a girl, but young and fair.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Norwegian (Nynorsk) to English copyright © 2022 by Nigel Parker, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Norwegian (Nynorsk) by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924), "Veslemøy", appears in Haugtussa, in 2. Veslemøy synsk, no. 2
This text was added to the website: 2022-02-25
Line count: 20
Word count: 109