by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)
Translation by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914)

Nu løftes Laft og Lofte
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Our translations:  ENG ITA
Nu løftes Laft og Lofte
Til Stjernehvælven blaa,
Nu flyver lille Haakon
Med Drømmevinger paa.

Der er en Stige stillet
Fra Jord til Himmel op,
Nu stiger lille Haakon
Med Englene tiltop.

Guds Engle smaa, de vaager
For Vuggebarnets Fred,
Gud sign' Dig, lille Haakon,
Din Moder vaager med!

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

  • ENG English [singable] (Frederick Corder) , "Margaret's Cradle Song"
  • ENG English [singable] (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz) , "La ninna-nanna di Margrete", copyright © 2006, (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: 12
Word count: 49

Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Nun schweben Dach und Decke
Zum Sternendom hinauf;
Nun schwingt der kleine Håkon
Ins Träumerreich sich auf.

Es raget eine Leiter
Von Erden himmelan;
Die steigt der kleine Håkon
Mit Engeln nun hinan.

Das Wiegenkindlein hüten
Die Engel Gottes sacht;
Gott schütz' dich, kleiner Håkon, --
Auch deine Mutter wacht.

Composition:

    Set to music by Grete von Zieritz (1899 - 2001), "Wiegenlied", op. 2 (1915) [ voice and piano ]

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Research team for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2008-04-26
Line count: 12
Word count: 50