Con una ninfea | Guarda Maria, quel che ti porto

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by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)

Translation © by Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz

Med en vandlilje

Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)

Our translations: ENG FRE ITA SPA

Se, Marie, hvad jeg bringer;
blomsten med de hvide vinger.
På de stille strømme båren
svam den drømmetung i våren.

Vil du den til hjemmet vie
fæst den på dit bryst, Marie;
bag dens blade da sig dølge
vil en dyp og stille bølge.

Vogt dig, barn, for tjernets strømme.
Farligt, farligt der at drømme!
Nøkken lader som han sover;
liljer leger ovenover.

Barn, din barm er tjernets strømme.
Farligt, farligt der at drømme;
liljer leger ovenover;
nøkken lader som han sover.

Text Authorship:

by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "Med en vandlilje", written 1871, appears in Digte [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Med en vandlilje", op. 25 (Seks digt af Henrik Ibsen) no. 4 (1876), published 1876 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "With a water-lily", copyright © 2023
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Avec un nénuphar", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Anonymous/Unidentified Artist) , "Mit einer Wasserlilie"
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz) , "Con una ninfea", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , "Con un nenúfar", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 82

Con una ninfea

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

Guarda Maria, quel che ti porto,
il fiore con l'ali bianche.
che di sogni impregnato 
ha fluttuato sull'onda silente in primavera.

Se accoglierlo vorrai appuntalo sul seno. 
Ma attenzione Maria: 
dietro il petalo s'asconde 
l'onda quieta e profonda.

Bada bene bambina 
all'acqua dello stagno
pericolosi sono 
i suoi sogni.

Pure il genio dell'acqua 
finge di dormire
e di ninfee s'ammanta
ma finge di dormire.

Text Authorship:

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), "Med en vandlilje", written 1871, appears in Digte
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This text was added to the website: 2006-06-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 64