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Liden Kirsten hun sad [så]1 silde, mens gjøgen gol udi grønne skov. Liden Kirsten nynned en vise, imens hun sit brudelin vov. Liden Kirsten hun sad ved sit vindve og så på sin ring af guld, skotted nedad sit sorte skjørt og smilte så tankefuld. Liden Kirsten lagde sit hoved tilro på armens snehvide lin. Og hæggen dufted, mens Kirsten drømte om kjæresten sin. Liden Kirsten løste sit gule haar og gik til ro i sin kove. Liden Kristen folded de hænder små, mens gjøgen gol udi skove.
1 Sinding: "på"
Text Authorship:
- by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Liden Kirsten", appears in Digte, in Sommersange, no. 4, first published 1894 [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), "Liden Kirsten", op. 29 (Ti sange) no. 2, published 1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Liden Kirsten", op. 67, Heft 2 no. 9, published 1905-06 [ mixed chorus ], Christiania : Carl Warmuth, [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Liden Kirsten", op. 60 (Digte af Vilhelm Krag) no. 1 (1893-1894), published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Alf Hurum (1882 - 1972), "Liden Kirsten", op. 12 (Sanger) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Liden Kirsten", op. 18 ((Seks) Sange = (Sechs) Lieder) no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Pikku Kirsten", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Petite Kirsten", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Margarethlein"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 89
Pikku Kirsten istui myöhään valveilla, kun käki kukkui vihreässä metsässä. Pikku Kirsten hyräili laulua samalla kun kutoi kapioitaan. Pikku Kirsten istui ikkunan ääressä ja katseli kultaista sormustaan, katsoi alas mustaa paitaansa ja hymyili mietteissään. Pikku Kirsten lepuutti päätään lumivalkeaa pellavaliinaa vasten. Ja tuomi tuoksui, kun Kirsten uneksi rakkaimmastaan. Pikku Kirsten aukaisi kultaiset hiuksensa ja meni levolle. Pikku Kirsten pani pienet kätensä ristiin ja käki kukkui ulkona metsässä.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) to Finnish (Suomi) copyright © 2010 by Erkki Pullinen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Liden Kirsten", appears in Digte, in Sommersange, no. 4, first published 1894
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 67