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Mitt hjarta [har vore i livsens]1 strid, og mangt eit sår hev det [fengi]2; det låg sjukt og sårt i so mang ei rid, men endå [har det]3 til denne tid frå leiken med livet [gjengi]4. Men ær på ær etter sår på sår der er på kvar [einaste]5 sida, og upp dei brjota kvar evig vår, når lauvet spretter og isen går og gauken gjeler i lida. Men blomar bløma i desse ær, og blømande blom er tåret. Det soleis også med jordi er: når regn og dogg ho frå himlen fær, so veksa blomar i såret.
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View text without footnotes1 Sinding: "hev vore i livets"
2 Sinding: "fenge"
3 Sinding: "det hev"
4 Sinding: "gjenge"
5 Sinding: "einast"
Text Authorship:
- by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818 - 1870), "Den Særde", written 1858 [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Den Særde", op. 33 (Tolv melodier til Digte af A.O. Vinje) no. 3 (1873-1880), published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Mitt hjarta", op. 55 no. 2, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], from Sylvelin og andre viser, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DAN Danish (Dansk) [singable] (Gustav Hetsch) , "Mit Hjærte"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Blessures", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Wilhelm Henzen) , "Mein Herz"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 104
Mon cœur a connu les combats de la vie et fut atteint de maintes blessures ; abattu, malade et blessé bien des fois, mais finalement , jusqu'à présent, il s'est sorti en vie du jeu. Mais année après année, toutes ces blessures infligées à chaque endroit, s'ouvrent à chaque immortel printemps, quand apparaissent les feuilles et que disparaît la glace et que le coucou appelle dans le bocage. Mais en ces années les fleurs s'épanouissent et les fleurs épanouies sont arrosées de larmes. Il en va ainsi avec la terre : après la pluie et la rosée du ciel, les fleurs éclosent dans sa blessure.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Norwegian (Nynorsk) 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 (Nynorsk) by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818 - 1870), "Den Særde", written 1858
This text was added to the website: 2012-05-05
Line count: 15
Word count: 103