by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924)
Elsk
Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk)
Den galne Guten min Hug hev daara;
eg fanga sìt som ein Fugl i Snòra;
den galne Guten, han gjeng so baus;
han veit at Fuglen vil aldri laus.
Aa gjev du batt meg med Bast og Bende;
aa gjev du batt meg so Bandi brende!
Aa gjev du drog meg so fast til deg,
at heile Verdi kom burt for meg!
Ja kunde rett eg mi Runelekse,
eg vilde inn i den Guten vekse;
eg vilde vekse meg i deg inn,
og vera berre hjaa Guten min.
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Aa du som bur meg i Hjarta inne,
du Magti fekk yvi alt mitt Minne;
kvart vesle Hùgsvìv som framum dreg,
det berre kviskrar um deg, um deg.
Um Soli lyser paa Himlen blanke,
no ser ho deg, det er all min Tanke;
um Dagen dovnar og Skùming fell:
skal tru han tenkjer paa meg i Kveld?
Um Vinden strid yvi Heidi susar,
det gule Haare ditt visst han krusar;
um Regne dryp med sin døyvde Graat,
so stakars Guten, no vert du vaat.
Aa berre Timane vilde skride,
og berre Dagane vilde lide!
Men eg vil kveda og vera glad;
for um Sundag kjem han, trala, trala!
E. Grieg sets stanzas 1-5
C. Elling sets stanzas 1-3
Text Authorship:
- by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924), "Elsk", appears in Haugtussa, in 9. Sumar i Fjelle, no. 9 [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 Catharinus Elling (1858 - 1942), "Elsk", op. 52 no. 1, published 1896, stanzas 1-3 [ voice and piano ], from Sex Digte af Arne Garborg's Haugtussa = Sechs Gedichte aus A. Garborg's Haugtussa, no. 1, Leipzig, W. Hansen, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Elsk", op. 67 no. 5 (1895), published 1898, stanzas 1-5 [ voice and piano ], from Haugtussa, no. 5, Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Eugen von Enzberg (1858 - 1908) ; composed by Catharinus Elling.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Amour", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Liebe", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 197