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Du surlande Bekk, du kurlande Bekk, her ligg du og kosar deg varm og klaar. Og [speglar]1 deg rein og glid [yvi]2 Stein, og sullar so godt og mullar so smaatt og glitrar i Soli med mjuke Baar'. - Aa, her vil eg [kvile, kvile]3. Du tiklande Bekk, du siklande Bekk, her gjeng du so glad i den ljose Li. Med Klunk og med Klukk, med Song og med Sukk, med Sus og med Dus gjennom lauvbygt Hus, med underlegt Svall og med Svæving blid. - Aa, her vil eg drøyma, drøyma. Du hullande Bekk, du sullande Bekk, her fekk du Seng under Mosen mjuk. Her drøymer du kurt og gløymer deg burt og kviskrar og kved i den store Fred med Svaling for Hugsott og Lengting sjuk. - Aa, her vil eg minnast, minnast. Du vildrande Bekk, du sildrande Bekk, kva tenkte du alt paa din lange Veg? Gjennom aude Rom? millom Busk og Blom? Naar i Jord du smatt, naar du fann deg att? Tru nokon du saag so eismal som eg? - Aa, her vil eg gløyma, gløyma. Du tislande Bekk, du rislande Bekk, du leikar i Lund, du sullar i Ro. Og smiler mot Sol og lær i dit Skjol, og vandrar so langt og lærer so mangt, aa syng kje um det, som eg tenkjer no. - Aa, lat meg faa blunda, blunda!
C. Elling sets stanzas 1-3, 1
Note: in Elling's song, stanza 1, line 3, word 7 ("varm") becomes "rein" in the repetition.
1 Grieg: "sprytar"2 Elling, Grieg: "yver"
3 Elling, Grieg: "kvila, kvila"
Text Authorship:
- by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924), "Ved Gjætle-Bekken", appears in Haugtussa, in 9. Sumar i Fjelle, in 14. Ved Gjætle-Bekken, no. 1, first published 1895 [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 Catharinus Elling (1858 - 1942), "Ved Gjætle-Bekken", op. 60 no. 1, stanzas 1-3,1 [ voice and piano ], from Nye sanger til Arne Garbogs «Haugtussa», no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Ved Gjætle-Bekken", op. 67 no. 8 (1895), published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Haugtussa, no. 8, Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "Prop del rierol Gjætle", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Près du ruisseau de Gjætle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Am Bergbach ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 45
Word count: 227
Tu, rierol arremolinat, tu, rierol arrissat, corres càlid i clar. i esquitxes límpid i llisques sobre les pedres, i cantes i murmures molt fluixet per a tu mateix, i brilles a la llum del sol amb les teves onades lleus. Oh, aquí reposaré, reposaré.. Tu, rierol pessigoller, Tu, rierol tremolós, corres alegre pel brillant desnivell, esquitxant i xipollejant, cantant i sospirant, xiuxiuejant i murmurant, sota la teva casa frondosa, amb onades meravelloses i un repòs assossegat. Oh, aquí somniaré, somniaré.. Tu, rierol mormolejant, Tu, rierol cantador, fas el teu llit sota la molsa suau. Aquí somnies i et perds, i xiuxiueges i cantes en el gran silenci, guarint els mals del cor i la cruel enyorança. Oh, aquí recordaré, recordaré. Tu, rierol caminador, Tu, rierol escumós, en què pensaves durant el teu llarg viatge, entre espais desolats o amb arbusts i flors? Quan lliscares sobre les pedres, i trobares el teu camí? Veieres algú tan solitari com jo? Oh, aquí oblidaré, oblidaré. Tu, rierol xiulant, Tu, rierol ondulant, jugues en el bosc i cantes en el silenci. Somrius al sol, rius en la teva solitud, i corres tan lluny i aprens tant... Oh, no cantis el que ara estic pensant! Oh, deixa que tanqui els ulls!
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Norwegian (Nynorsk) to Catalan (Català) copyright © 2025 by Manuel Capdevila i Font, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Norwegian (Nynorsk) by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924), "Ved Gjætle-Bekken", appears in Haugtussa, in 9. Sumar i Fjelle, in 14. Ved Gjætle-Bekken, no. 1, first published 1895
This text was added to the website: 2025-06-19
Line count: 45
Word count: 206