I rode into the wildwood

by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)

Translation by William Archer (1856 - 1924) and by Mary Morrison

Jeg red mig udi lunde

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Jeg red mig udi lunde,
jeg sejled over sjø;
det var sig i mit væne hjem,
der fæsted jeg min mø.

Det var den alfekvinde,
hun er så led og gram:
ret aldrig skal den jomfru skær
til kirken følge ham.

Hør mig, du alfekvinde,
lad fare det besvær;
to hjerter kan ej skilles ad,
som har hinanden kær!

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Text Authorship:

by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), no title, appears in Gildet på Solhoug [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Emma Klingenfeld (1846 - 1935) ENG FRE ; composed by Hans Hermann, Hugo Wolf.

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ENG English (William Archer) (Mary Morrison) , no title, appears in The Feast at Solhoug, first published 1907

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I rode into the wildwood

Language: English after the Norwegian (Bokmål)

I rode into the wildwood,
  I sailed across the sea,
But 'twas at home I wooed and won
  A maiden fair and free.

It was the Queen of Elfland,
  She waxed full wroth and grim:
Never, she swore, shall that maiden fair
  Ride to the church with him.

Hear me, thou Queen of Elfland,
  Vain, vain are threat and spell;
For naught can sunder two true hearts
  That love each other well!

About the headline (FAQ)

Text Authorship:

by William Archer (1856 - 1924), no title, appears in The Feast at Solhoug, first published 1907 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
by Mary Morrison , no title, appears in The Feast at Solhoug, first published 1907 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), no title, appears in Gildet på Solhoug
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

[ None yet in the database ]

Researcher for this page: Guy Laffaille [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2014-11-25
Line count: 12
Word count: 72