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by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924)

Nei sjaa, kor det blaaner her!
Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk) 
Our translations:  CAT ENG FRE GER
Nei sjaa, kor det blaaner her!
No maa me roe oss, Kyra!
Aa nei, slike fine Bær,
og dei, som det berre kryr a'!
Nei Maken hev eg kje sét!
Sùmt godt her er daa til Fjells.
No vil eg eta meg mett;
her vil eg vera til Kvelds!

Aa nam-nam, so søtt og godt!
Ja naar det slik seg lagar! --
Og allestad blaatt i blaatt!
Her hev eg for mange Dagar.
Slik Smak so frisk og so fin!
Eg er som paa Kongens Slott.
D'er plent som den beste Vin;
aa nam-nam, so søtt og godt!

Men kom no den Bjørnen stor!
- Her fekk bli Rom aat oss baae.
Eg torde kje seia eit Ord
til slik ein rysjeleg Vaae.
Eg sa berre: "ver so god!
No maa du kje vera bljug!
Eg læt deg so vel i Ro;
tak for deg etter din Hug."

Men var det den Reven raud,
so skuld' han faa smaka Staven;
eg skulde banke han daud,
um so han var Bror til Paven.
Slikt skarve, harmelegt Sleng!
Han stèl baade Kje og Lam.
Men endaa so fin han gjeng
og hev korkje Agg hell Skam.

Men var det den stygge Skrubb,
so arg og so hol som Futen, --
eg tok meg ein Bjørkekubb
og gav han ein god paa Snuten.
Han reiv sund Sauir og Lomb
for Mor mi so traadt og tidt;
ja sant! um han berre kom,
so skuld' han so visst faa sitt.

Men var det den snilde Gut
der burte fraa Skare-Bròte,
han fekk vel ein paa sin Trut, --
men helst paa ein annan Maate.
Aa Tøv, kva tenkjer eg paa!
Det lid nok paa Dagen alt...
Eg maa til Buskapen sjaa; --
ho "Dokka" drøymer um Salt.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Grieg 

E. Grieg sets stanzas 1, 3-6

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Text Authorship:

  • by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924), "Blåbær-Lid", appears in Haugtussa, in 9. Sumar i Fjelle, no. 6, first published 1895 [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), "Blåbær-Li", op. 67 no. 3 (1895), published 1898, stanzas 1,3-6 [ voice and piano ], from Haugtussa, no. 3, Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Nigel Parker) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 48
Word count: 298

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