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Ejnar: Agnes, min dejlige sommerfugl, dig vil jeg legende fange! Jeg fletter et garn [med]1 masker små, og maskerne ere mine sange! Agnes [Er]2 jeg en sommerfugl, liden og skær, så lad mig af lyngtoppen drikke; og er du en gut, som lyster en leg, så jag mig, men fang mig ikke! Ejnar Agnes, min dejlige sommerfugl, nu har jeg maskerne flettet; dig hjælper visst aldrig din flagrende flugt, -- snart sidder du fangen i nettet! Agnes [Er]2 jeg en sommerfugl, ung og blank, jeg lystig i legen mig svinger; men fanger du mig under nettets spind, så rør ikke ved mine vinger! Ejnar Nej, jeg skal løfte dig varligt på hånd og lukke dig ind i mit hjerte; der [kan]3 du lege dit hele liv den gladeste leg, du lærte !
E. Sjögren sets stanzas 1-4
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View text without footnotes1 Backer-Grøndahl: "af"
2 Backer-Grøndahl: "Og er"
3 Backer-Grøndahl: "skal"
Text Authorship:
- by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), no title, appears in Brand, Act I [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), "Agnes min deilige Sommerfugl", op. 2 (Fem Sange) no. 1 (1871), published 1873 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Agnes", op. 1 (Fyra dikter af Ibsen och Björnson) no. 1 (1876), stanzas 1-4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914) , "Agnes" ; composed by Emil Bezecný, Robert Kahn.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Agnès", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-02-16
Line count: 25
Word count: 134
Ejnar Agnès, mon délicieux papillon, je me ferai un jeu de t'attraper ! Je fais un filet aux petites mailles, et les mailles sont mes chansons ! Agnes Si je suis un pur et petit papillon, alors laisse moi boire à l'épi de la bruyère ; et si tu es un garçon qui aime à jouer, alors cours après moi, mais ne m'attrape pas ! Ejnar Agnès, mon délicieux papillon, j'ai maintenant fait les mailles ; ta fuite papillonnante ne t'aidera certainement pas, bientôt tu seras prise au fond du filet ! Agnes Si je suis un jeune et brillant papillon c'est avec joie que je me prêterai à ce jeu ; mais si tu me prends dans les cordons du filet, alors ne touche pas à mes ailes ! Enjar Non, je te soulèverai vite dans ma main et t'enfermerai dans mon cœur ; là tu pourras jouer toute ta vie au jeu le plus gai que tu as appris !
Text Authorship:
- 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), no title, appears in Brand, Act I
This text was added to the website: 2012-02-05
Line count: 25
Word count: 152