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by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937)

Dog hvad var Verden
 (Sung text for setting by C. Sinding)
 See original
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Our translations:  FRE
 ... 

Dog hvad var Verden, den store Verden,
hvor tidt den fristed min unge Trang,
hvad var den vel, naar du sorgfuld vandred
din tause, ensomme Drømmegang!

Ja, om jeg stod som en Gud paa Bjerget
og skuéd ind i dens Herlighed,
jeg vilde længes, jeg vilde længes
at synke for dine Fødder ned.

O, stolt Gulnare! — Du skjænked aldrig
din Pages Ydmyghed Smilets Løn,
men jeg har hulket for dig i Nætter
og knælet raadløs i Graad og Bøn.

Confirmed with Nils Vogt, Fra vaar til Høst, anden ogede og rettede Udgave, Kristiania, Olaf Norlis Forlag, 1904.

Composition:

    Set to music by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Dog hvad var Verden", op. 36 no. 4, published 1897, stanzas 4-6 [ voice and piano ], from Fra Vaar til Høst, no. 4

Text Authorship:

  • by Nils Collett Vogt (1864 - 1937), appears in Fra Vaar til Høst, in Det var engang i de fjærne Tider, no. 3, first published 1894

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Eugen von Enzberg) , "Doch was galt Welt mir", first published 1897


Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-30
Line count: 24
Word count: 161

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