by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924)
Translation Singable translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910)
Jeg rejste en dejlig Sommerkvæld
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)
Jeg rejste en dejlig Sommerkvæld Igjennem en ensom Dal. Så blankt stod Fjeldet ved Solfadstid Og blå var Fjorden og grøn hver Lid, Mens Sommerluften og Birkeduften strøg om mig blid. En rankvokst Jente med røde Bånd Om Flettens vægtige Guld, På Vangen sad med sit Strikketøj. En Flok af Gjeder om hende fløj, Den Vogter stille, mens Elv og Kilde gled uden Støj. Hvad mon hun tænkte den Jente rank I Somrens drømmende Kvæld? Alene, ene i Dalen trang! Mon Længslen ej over Fjeld sig svang? Tys, Luren svarer! Mod Fjeldet farer en Vemodsklang.
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Text Authorship:
- by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924), "Jeg rejste en dejlig Sommerkvæld", written 1876, appears in Mol og Dur [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 Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Jeg reiste en deilig sommerkveld", 1888, from Five Songs from the Norwegian, no. 3, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Jeg rejste en dejlig Sommerkvæld", op. 26 (Fem digt) no. 2 (1876), published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Valdemar Fini Henriques (1867 - 1940), "Jeg rejste en dejlig Sommerkvæld", op. 18 no. 4, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Sange til Tekster af J. P. Jacobsen, John Poulsen, Thor Lange, Oscar Madsen og P. M. Thiele, no. 4, Leipzig, Wilhelm Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "At fall of glowing summer day" ; composed by Frederick Delius.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Am Abend zur schönsten Sommerszeit", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Wilhelm Henzen) , "Am schönsten Sommerabend war's"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 95
Am schönsten Sommerabend war's
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Norwegian (Bokmål)
Am schönsten Sommerabend war's ich ging durch ein einsam Tal, der Fels stand licht und die Sonne schwand, der Fjord war blau und grün der Strand, und Sommerlüfte und Birkendüfte, und still das Land. Ein schlankes Mädchen mit rotem Band im gold'nen dicken Geflecht, mit Strickzeug still auf der Hausflur sass, die Ziegenherde am Felsen frass, die tat sie hüten, und Quellen glitten gelind durch's Gras. Was träumte sie wohl, die schlanke Maid, hinaus in die dämmernde Nacht? Alleine, einsam! Ihr wird wohl bang? Ob Sehnsucht wohl übern Fels sich schwang? Horch, ferne Lieder! Rings hallt es wieder wie Wehmutsklang.
From a Grieg score.
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910), "Am schönsten Sommerabend war's"
Based on:
- a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by John Olaf Paulsen (1851 - 1924), "Jeg rejste en dejlig Sommerkvæld", written 1876, appears in Mol og Dur
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this page: Dr. Gerrit den Hartogh
This text was added to the website: 2021-12-15
Line count: 21
Word count: 100