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Aa stakkars vesle Hare so fin og silkeklædd, Gud veit, kvar du hev fare, med di du er so rædd? Du spretter og du skvetter so hovdelaus i Kring; kva er du renner etter og snøgg i Hol deg sting, arme Ting! Her er so god ein Sumar med Hus i kvar ein Busk og Lauv og friske Kumar aat slik ein liten Trusk. No skal me vera kvate I slik ein Solskinsstund, No skal me vera late og taka oss i Lund lette Blund. Du er so brun og lekker i Sumarkjolen din; d'er berre du for klekk er te vera Guten min. Men vil du glad meg gjera, so hoppa her i Li, og Vener skal me vera og Vener skal me bli all vaar Tid.
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Text Authorship:
- by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924), "Skog-glad", appears in Haugtussa, in 9. Sumar i Fjelle, no. 10, first published 1895 [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 Catharinus Elling (1858 - 1942), "Haren", op. 52 no. 2, published 1896 [ voice and piano ], from Sex Digte af Arne Garborg's Haugtussa = Sechs Gedichte aus A. Garborg's Haugtussa, no. 2, Leipzig, W. Hansen, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Skog-glad", EG 152 no. 11 (1895) [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Eugen von Enzberg (1858 - 1908) ; composed by Catharinus Elling.
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2026, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-21
Line count: 27
Word count: 128
Oh, pauvre petit lièvre, si fin, vêtu de soie, Dieu sait où tu as couru pour être ainsi effrayé ! Tu bondis, tu sursautes, Affolé de tous côté ; Après quoi cours-tu ? et pourquoi vite plonger dans un trou, pauvre créature ! Ici l’été est doux, avec une maisonnette dans chaque buisson et des feuilles et de frais bourgeons pour un petit être comme toi. Alors soyons plein d’entrain en cette heure ensoleillée, Soyons paresseux et prenons dans le bosquet un léger somme. Tu es brun et séduisant dans ta robe d’été ; tu es si charmant que tu seras mon petit compagnon. Mais si tu veux me rendre heureux alors saute ici, sur le coteau et nous serons amis, et nous resterons amis toute notre vie.
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"Haren" = "Le lièvre"
"Skog-glad" = "Forêt joyeuse"
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- Translation from Norwegian (Nynorsk) to French (Français) copyright © 2026 by Pierre Mathé, (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), "Skog-glad", appears in Haugtussa, in 9. Sumar i Fjelle, no. 10, first published 1895
This text was added to the website: 2026-07-31
Line count: 27
Word count: 123