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by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924)

Turisten
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Det dufted af Gran og det ljomed fra Fjeld.
Paa Sætren sad Borghild saa ensom en Kvæld.
Hun saa just i Drømme en dandsende Rad;
men saa kom Turisten, saa brun og saa glad:
"Hei du, kan du vise mig Veien?"

Hun gav ham Beskjed; men han stirrede kun
paa hende og glemte sit Maal for sit Fund.
"Det Fagreste er du, jeg fandt paa min Sti!
Jeg orker ei længer; ikvæld maa jeg bli!
Imorgen du vise mig Veien!"

Hun førte ham ind i den Selhytte trang.
Hun bragte ham Melken. Hun lo og han sang.
Hun reded ham Leie og bød ham Godnat;
men han vilde slet ikke slippe sin Skat:
Til Hjertet saa ungt fandt han Veien.

Han rejste ved Gry. Hun stod angstfuld igjen
og stirred ham efter, den flygtige Ven.
Mon atter han kom? Aa, han loved saa smukt!
Nu svinger han Hatten, nu Grinden er lukt,
-- men hun staar alene paa Veien.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Grieg 

E. Grieg sets stanzas 1, 2, 4

Text Authorship:

  • by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924), "Turisten", appears in Mol og Dur, first published 1876 [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), "Turisten", op. 58 (Norge - Fem Digte af John Paulsen) no. 4 (1893-1894), published 1894, stanzas 1,2,4 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 158

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