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by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818 - 1870)

Fyremål
Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk) 
Vegen vita,
på villstig venda,
fram å fara
og ferdi enda:
vi mot målet
må soleis halda,
elles vil vi
på vegen falla.

Enn eit år
over bratte bakkar,
haug og hamrar
og håge slakkar,
fjell og fjøre
og fjord som bryter,
flod som fløymer,
og foss som tyter,
må vi vandra
og vegen fara.

Måtte makti
og mergen vara!
Kom då, snille!
vi slita saman.
For den gilde
er gant og gaman.

Trygt og trufast
vår norsk vi tala.
Med det same
slags mål vi mala.

Stor var skammi
vi skulle bera,
når vi neitta
å Norske vera.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Grieg 

E. Grieg sets stanzas 1-4, 1-2

Text Authorship:

  • by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818 - 1870), "Fyremål", written 1859, first published 1864 [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), "Fyremål", op. 33 (Tolv melodier til Digte af A.O. Vinje) no. 12 (1873-1880), published 1881, stanzas 1-4,1-2 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 99

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