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Vi gik en dejlig vårdag alléen op og ned; lokkende som en gåde var det forbudne sted. Og vestenvinden vifted; og himlen var så blå; i linden sad en fuglemor og sang for sine små. Jeg malte digterbilleder med legende farvespil; to brune öjne lyste og lo og lytted til. Over os kan vi höre hvor det tisker og ler; men vi, vi tog et smukt farvel, of mödtes aldrig mer. Og når jeg ensom driver alléen op og ned, Så har for de fjærede småfolk jeg aldrig ro og fred. Fru spurv har siddet og lyttet, mens vi troskyldigt gik, Og gjort om os en vise og sat den i musik. Den er i fuglemunde; thi under lövets tag Hver næbbet sanger nynner om hin lyse forårsdag.
Text Authorship:
- by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "En Fuglevise", written 1871, appears in Digte [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "En Fuglevise", op. 25 (Seks digt af Henrik Ibsen) no. 6 (1876), published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La chanson d'un oiseau", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz) , "La canzone dei poasseri", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Par une charmante journée de printemps nous flânions çà et là sur une allée ; cet endroit interdit était attirant comme une énigme. Et le vent d'ouest soufflait doucement, et le ciel était très bleu ; dans un tilleul il y avait une oiselle qui chantait pour ses petits. Je peignis l'illustration d'une poésie avec un amusant jeu de couleurs ; deux yeux marrons brillaient et riaient et écoutaient. Au-dessus de nous, nous pouvions entendre chuchoter et rire ; mais nous, nous prîmes gracieusement congé, et l'on ne se reverra plus jamais. Et quand je flâne seul, ça et là sur l'allée, le petit peuple emplumé ne me laisse plus ni repos ni paix. Madame Moineau était là et écoutait quand nous allions innocemment, et fit sur nous une chanson, et la mit en musique. Elle est en langage d'oiseau car sous le toit des feuilles tout chanteur à bec fredonne sur ce lumineux jour de printemps.
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- Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 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 (Bokmål) by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "En Fuglevise", written 1871, appears in Digte
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-05
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