Pikku Kirsten | Pikku Kirsten istui myöhään valveilla

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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)

Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

Liden Kirsten

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: FIN FRE

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.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• C. Sinding

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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 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"

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 89

Pikku Kirsten

Language: Finnish (Suomi) after the Norwegian (Bokmål)

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
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 67