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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.
1 omitted by Grieg.
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, from Haugtussa, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
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- 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.
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Word count: 114
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.
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- 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
This text was added to the website: 2015-06-16
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Word count: 94