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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)

Ouverture
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Our translations:  FRE
"Verden er grå!" Nei, verden er deilig,
sommernatten så lun og så lang.
"Somren er død!" Nei, nu er det sommer:
sommer i sindet og sol i min sang.
Og jeg har alverdens guld i min taske,
mynt i min lomme og vin på min flaske.
Og jeg har en hue med bånd og med rose
og fillet er både min sko og min hose.
Og jeg er konge i berget det blå
og du er et trold, du elendige grå.
Og jeg tør knipse dig op i din næse,
og jeg tør håne dig ret op i fjæset:
"Trold, har du blommer,
jasmin og viol,
sange om sommer,
digte om sol?"

Text Authorship:

  • by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Ouverture", appears in Digte, in Sommersange, no. 1, first published 1891 [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 Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Ouverture", op. 41 (Fem sange for mezzosopran) no. 1 (1897), published 1897 [ mezzo-soprano and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ouverture", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Marianne Beate Kielland

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-02
Line count: 16
Word count: 112

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