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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.
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- 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. [text verified 1 time]
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- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz) , title 1: "Con una ninfea", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Avec un nénuphar", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- SPA Spanish (Español) (Juan Henríquez Concepción) , title 1: "Con un nenúfar", copyright © 2008, (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.
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Word count: 82
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.
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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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- a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "Med en vandlilje", written 1871, appears in Digte
This text was added to the website: 2006-06-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 64