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by Ivar Julius Mortensson-Egnund (1857 - 1934)
Translation Singable translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910)

Nordwärts
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Nordwärts schweift ins Gebirg' mein Sinn
und über des Tales Gebreite.
Wüsste ich nur, wo das Mädchen weilt,
das spielen soll mir zur Seite!

Nordwärts schweift ins Gebirg' mein Sinn
und hin übers Tal ins Weite.
Wüsst' ich das Mädchen, das freie, nur,
das froh wär', wenn ich's freite!

Sonne scheint über hohen Fels
und über die öde Heide.
Die ist nicht gut zu freien, die Maid,
die lohnt mit zorn'gem Bescheide.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Ivar Julius Mortensson-Egnund (1857 - 1934) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Nordwärts", op. 69 no. 3, published 1905 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, Robert Forberg [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website: 2021-04-20
Line count: 12
Word count: 72

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