Han tvær over bænkene hang;
hun lystig i dansen sig svang.
Hun legte, hun lo
med en og med to; --
hans hjærte var nærved at briste,
men det var der ingen, som vidste.

Hun gik bag ved laden den kvæld,
han kom for at sige farvel.
Hun kasted sig ned,
hun græd og hun græd,
sit livs-håb, det skulde hun miste.
Men det var der ingen, som vidste.

Ham tiden faldt frygtelig lang.
Så kom han tilbage en gang.
-- Hun havde det godt;
hun fred havde fåt;
hun tænkte på ham i det sidste.
Men det var der ingen, som vidste.

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Confirmed with Digte og sange af Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, København, Forlagt af den Gyldendalske Boghandel (F. Hegel), 1870, page 54.

Text Authorship:

• by Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (1832 - 1910), "Dulgt kærlighed" [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 Anton Andersen (1845 - 1926), "Dulgt kærlighed" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Dulgt Kjærlighed", op. 39 (Romancer (aeldre og nyere) ) no. 2 (1869-1884), published 1884 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Emil Hartmann (1836 - 1898), "Dulgt kjærlighed", op. 41 no. 7, published 1892 [ voice and piano ], from Norsk Lyrik, no. 7, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Per Lasson (1859 - 1883), "Dulgt Kjærlighed", published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Lieder-Album. Fünfzehn Gesänge für 1 Singstimme mit Pianoforte, no. 5, Leipzig, W. Hansen [sung text not yet checked]
• by Caroline Margrethe Georgine Recke (1833 - 1901), "Han tvær over Bænkene hang" [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Dulgt Kjærlighed", op. 1 (Fyra dikter af Ibsen och Björnson) no. 4 (1876) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by Maude Valérie White (1855 - 1937), "Dulgt kærlighed", published 1887?8 [ voice and piano ], London, etc.: G. Ricordi & Co, also set in English [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Maude Valérie White.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910) ; composed by Frederick Delius.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Eugen Hildach.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Arnold Kandolin) , "Kätketty lempi", first published 1922
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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