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by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Veslemøy

Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk)

Our translations: CAT ENG FRE GER

Ho er mager og myrk og mjaa
Med brune og reine Drag
Og Augo djupe og graa'
Og stilslegt, drøymande Lag.
Det er som det halvt um halvt
  Laag ein Svevn yver heile ho;
I Rørsle, Tale og alt
Ho hev denne døyvde Ro.

Under Panna fager, men laag
Lyser Augo som bak ein Eim;
Det er som dei stirande saag
Langt inn i ein annan Heim.

[Ho gjeng aat sin Omnskraabenk 
og set seg, men veit det knapt, 
og tek denne Mjølkeskjenk 
og sit der roleg fortapt.]¹
Berre Barmen gjeng sprengd og tung,
Og det bivrar um Munnen bleik.
Ho er skjelvande sped og veik,
Midt i det ho er ven og ung.

Available sung texts: (what is this?)

• E. Grieg

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¹ omitted by Grieg.

Text Authorship:

by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924), "Veslemøy", appears in Haugtussa, in 2. Veslemøy synsk, no. 2 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Veslemøy", op. 67 no. 2 (1895), published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Haugtussa, no. 2, Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

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

CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "La petita donzella", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ENG English (Nigel Parker) , "Veslemøy", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Veslemøy", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Veslemøy", copyright © 2015, (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: 20
Word count: 115

Veslemøy

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Norwegian (Nynorsk)

Sie ist zierlich, dunkel, schlank,
mit braunem Teint und klaren Zügen,
mit tief grauen Augen,
und von träumerisch sanfter Art.
Es scheint, als läge Mal um Mal
ein Schlaf über ihr.
Wie sie sich rührt und spricht, 
in allem ist sie maßvoll, ruhig.

Unter der schönen, aber nicht hohen Stirn
leuchten ihre Augen wie durch einen feinen Dunst
als blickten sie weit hinein
in eine andere Welt.





Allein ihre Brüste sind üppig und schwer,
und es geht ein Beben um ihren blassen Mund.
Sie ist von einer zitternden Zerbrechlichkeit
und zugleich lieblich und jung.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Norwegian (Nynorsk) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Nynorsk) by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924), "Veslemøy", appears in Haugtussa, in 2. Veslemøy synsk, no. 2
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This text was added to the website: 2015-06-16
Line count: 16
Word count: 94