Über Freundschaft | Trau Freunden nie

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by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818 - 1870)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Et vennestykke

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: GER

Tro ei Venner,
Om du kjender
End dem aldrig så,
En af disse mine,
vogt dig du for dine,
tog den Gjente,
som jeg kjendte
Og tog Sigte på.

Han tog "Fuglen".
Jeg er Uglen
Siddende på Kvist.
Mange ere fløjne
Bort med blanke Øjne
Fra mig Gamle,
Som må famle
Uden Ro og Rist.

Text Authorship:

by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818 - 1870), "Et vennestykke" [author's text not yet checked 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), "Et vennestykke", op. 33 (Tolv melodier til Digte af A.O. Vinje) no. 10 (1873-1880), published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Über Freundschaft", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 55

Über Freundschaft

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

Trau Freunden nie,
kennst du auch sie
seit Jahr und Tag.
Einer von meinen
- hüt’ dich vor deinen -
nahm die Kleine
 - sie war meine -
in Beschlag.

Mein „Vöglein“ wich.
Die Eul’ - bin ich,
sitz auf dem Ast.
Gar viele flogen fix
glänzenden Blicks
fort von mir, dem Alten,
der jetzt muss walten
ohn’ Ruh und Rast.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2018 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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a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818 - 1870), "Et vennestykke"
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This text was added to the website: 2018-08-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 56