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by Lars Eskeland (1867 - 1942)
Translation Singable translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910)

Leit etter livet og liv det!
Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk) 
Leit etter livet og liv det!
Femn det i fullaste fagnad og tru.
Livet livnar og lukka gror,
naar kjærleik kysser kjærleik igjen,
naar evigt ungt yngjar sjæli!
Leit etter livet og liv det!

Text Authorship:

  • by Lars Eskeland (1867 - 1942) [author's text not yet checked 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 Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Leit etter livet og liv det!", op. 55 no. 5, published 1902 [voice and piano], from Sylvelin og andre viser, no. 5. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • DAN Danish (Dansk) [singable] (Gustav Hetsch) , title 1: "Led efter Livet og lev det!"
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Wilhelm Henzen) , title 1: "Liebe das Leben!"


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-23
Line count: 6
Word count: 34

Liebe das Leben!
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Norwegian (Nynorsk) 
Liebe das Leben und leb' es!
Fang' es im Fluge und halt' es umfasst.
Leben leuchtet, es lacht die Lust,
Die Liebe koset und küsst Dich gesund
Und ewig jung macht die Jugend!
Liebe das Leben und leb' es!

From the Sinding score.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910), "Liebe das Leben!" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Norwegian (Nynorsk) by Lars Eskeland (1867 - 1942)
    • Go to the text page.

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

    [ None yet in the database ]


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-23
Line count: 6
Word count: 39

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