by
Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)
Kanske vil der gå både vinter og vår
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)
Available translation(s): ENG FRE ITA
Kanske vil der gå både vinter og vår,
og næste sommer med, og det hele år; --
men engang vil du komme, det ved jeg vist;
og jeg skal nok vente, for det lovte jeg sidst.
Gud styrke dig hvor du i verden går!
Gud glæde dig, hvis du for hans fodskammel står!
Her skal jeg vente til du kommer igen;
og venter du hist oppe, vi træffes der, min ven!
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Confirmed with Romancer, ballader og sange: af norske, svenske, danske og finske forfattere, Kristiania, Forlagt af Alb. Cammermeyer, 1876, page 104.
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914) ; composed by Edvard Grieg, Bruno Walter.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Solveig's song", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Chanson de Solveig", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz) , "Il canto di Solveig", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Solveig's song
Language: English  after the Norwegian (Bokmål)
Both winter and spring may pass me by,
And next summer with them, and the whole year,
But someday you will return, that much I know,
And I shall wait for you, for it was my last promise to you.
May God give you strength, as you move through the world,
May God give you joy, if you stand before Him.
Here will I wait until you come back;
Waiting for you to arrive home, my dear friend!
Translator's note for line 2-2, "Him" : literally, "before his footstool"
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