Min lille Blomst ! Min lille Fugl !
Jeg ser dig fra mit mørke Skjul.
Jeg vil jo intet gøre dig.
Ak, det var Sund at røre dig !
Om blot det var at bukke sig,
jeg voved ej at plukke dig
og røve dig din klare Sol,
Viol ! Viol !

Min lille Blomst ! Min lille Fugl !
Jeg ser dig fra mit mørke Skjul.
Naar blot jeg maa betragte dig,
saa maa du godt foragte mig.
Jeg vil jo ikke bryde dig,
jeg vil jo bare fryde mig
og aande i den samme Sol
som du, Viol !

Min lille Blomst ! Min lille Fugl !
Jeg ser dig fra mit mørke Skjul.
Men ser jeg ham, som plukker dig,
saa sorger jeg, saa sukker jeg.
Jeg kan jo aldrig række dig ;
men han vil en Gang vække dig
af Blomsterdrøm i Sommersol,
Viol ! Viol !

F. Delius sets stanzas 1-2

Confirmed with Ludvig Holstein, Digte, Det Nordiske Forlag (Ernst Bojesen), København: 1903.

Text Authorship:

• by Ludvig Holstein (1864 - 1943), "Viol" [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 Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Viol", published 1900, stanzas 1-2, also set in German (Deutsch), also set in English [sung text not yet checked]
• by Paul von Klenau (1883 - 1946), "Viol", published 2010 [ voice and piano ], from 20 Sange til tekster af Ludvig Holstein, no. 10, Copenhagen : Det Kongelige Bibliotek [sung text not yet checked]

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• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Frederick Delius.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Frederick Delius.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Emmy Schreck ; composed by Julius Bechgaard.
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• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Violette", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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