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by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)
Translation by Emma Klingenfeld (1846 - 1935)

Ballade, Gesang Margits
 (Sung text for setting by H. Wolf)
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Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Our translations:  CAT FRE
Bergkönig ritt durch die Lande weit,
So traurig vergeh'n mir die Tage,
Er wollte sich frei'n die schönste Maid,
Ach, enden wird nie meine Klage!
 
Bergkönig ritt vor Herrn Kakons Tor,
Klein Kirsten strählte ihr Haar davor,
Bergkönig freite das schlanke Weib,
Umfing ihr mit silbernem Gürtel den Leib.
 
Bergkönig führte sie heim alsdann,
Zehn goldene Ringe steckt er ihr an.
Es kam und schwand wohl Jahr um Jahr,
Im Berge saß Kirsten auf immerdar.
 
Das Tal hat Vögel und Blumenpracht,
So traurig vergeh'n mir die Tage,
Im Berg ist Gold und ewige Nacht.
Ach, enden wird nie meine Klage!

Composition:

    Set to music by Hugo Wolf (1860 - 1903), "Ballade, Gesang Margits", 1891, from Drei Gesänge aus Henrik Ibsen "Das Fest auf Solhaug" (Gildet paa Solhaug), no. 1

Text Authorship:

  • by Emma Klingenfeld (1846 - 1935) [an adaptation]

Based on:

  • a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), appears in Gildet på Solhoug, Act I
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2021, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ballade, chant de Margit", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 100

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