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by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)

Translation © by Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz

Nu løftes Laft og Lofte

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: ENG ITA

Nu løftes Laft og Lofte
Til Stjernehvælven blaa,
Nu flyver lille Haakon
Med Drømmevinger paa.

Der er en Stige stillet
Fra Jord til Himmel op,
Nu stiger lille Haakon
Med Englene tiltop.

Guds Engle smaa, de vaager
For Vuggebarnets Fred,
Gud sign' Dig, lille Haakon,
Din Moder vaager med!

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Text Authorship:

by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "En Stue i Kongsgaarden", written 1864, appears in Kongs-Emnerne [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), "Margretes Vuggesang", op. 15 (Romanser) no. 1 (1864-1868), published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
by Knut Håkanson (1887 - 1929), "Margarethes vuggesang (ur Ibsens Kongsemnerne)", 1908/14 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in English, a translation by William Archer (1856 - 1924) ; composed by Gustav Holst, Norman Houston O'Neill.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Franz von Holstein (1826 - 1878) , "Margarethen Wiegenlied" ; composed by Paul Mirsch.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ludwig Passarge (1825 - 1912) , "Wiegenlied" ; composed by Frederick Delius, Johanna Müller-Hermann, Julius Rünger.
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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914) , "Wiegenlied" ; composed by Felix Paul Weingartner, Grete von Zieritz.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English [singable] (Frederick Corder) , "Margaret's Cradle Song"
ENG English [singable] (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz) , "La ninna-nanna di Margrete", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 49

La ninna‑nanna di Margrete

Language: Italian (Italiano) after the Norwegian (Bokmål)

Svanisce la parete, scompare il soffitto, 
su su verso il Cielo, 
su su dritto, dritto vola 
il principe Haakon sulle ali del sogno.

Dalla Terra fino al Cielo 
si alza la scala che il principe Haakon 
sale fino in cima, con gli angioli 
custodi dei bimbi piccini.

Che Dio ti benedica 
principe Haakon
La tua mamma e custode 
sempre veglia su di te!

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Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) to Italian (Italiano) copyright © 2006 by Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "En Stue i Kongsgaarden", written 1864, appears in Kongs-Emnerne
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This text was added to the website: 2006-06-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 63