Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk)
Our translations: ENG FRE GER
Hardt å halda ut:
enno ingen Gut!
Det er langt so lenge vona!
Mangein Gut saag eg,
som saag blidt paa meg,
men han tok meg ikkje til si Kona.
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Ung var eg ein Gang
full af Dans og Sang,
som den friske Blom eg blømde;
Gutar raudnad' daa,
naar dei paa meg saa;
men eg eldest, og dei fraa meg rømde.
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Ja, dei Drenger er'
blinde paa si Ferd,
stupa derfor tidt i Laupet.
Mangein spræker Karl
gifter seg for Gard,
fær so ataat Gaase med paa Kaupet.
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Von er enno her:
endaa Baaten ber,
om det slitas maa med Austen.
Enno koma kan
han, som verdt min Mann:
Beste Ber verdt plukkad' seint om Hausten.
Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,5,15 of the original text.
Composition:
Set to music by Eyvind Alnæs (1872 - 1932), "Attegløyma", op. 22 no. 3, copyright © 1907, stanzas 1,3,5,15 [ voice and piano ], from 6 Sange til tekster af Anders Hovden og A. O. Vinje, no. 3, Christiania, Hals
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Nigel Parker) , "The spinster", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La vieille fille", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Die alte Jungfer", copyright © 2019, (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.
Line count: 90
Word count: 433
Language: English after the Norwegian (Nynorsk)
It's hard to bear:
still no husband!
I have waited so long!
Many a boy I met
who seemed to like me,
but who didn't propose!
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I was young then,
I danced and sang,
like a fresh flower in bloom.
They blushed then
to see me,
but I grew older, and they faded away.
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Note: the text above is taken from stanzas 1,3,5,15 of the original text.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Norwegian (Nynorsk) to English copyright © 2010 by Nigel Parker, (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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Line count: 90
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