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Vi gik en dejlig vårdag alléen op og ned; lokkende som en gåde var det forbudne sted. Og vestenvinden vifted; og himlen var så blå; i linden sad en fuglemor og sang for sine små. Jeg malte digterbilleder med legende farvespil; to brune öjne lyste og lo og lytted til. Over os kan vi höre hvor det tisker og ler; men vi, vi tog et smukt farvel, of mödtes aldrig mer. Og når jeg ensom driver alléen op og ned, Så har for de fjærede småfolk jeg aldrig ro og fred. Fru spurv har siddet og lyttet, mens vi troskyldigt gik, Og gjort om os en vise og sat den i musik. Den er i fuglemunde; thi under lövets tag Hver næbbet sanger nynner om hin lyse forårsdag.
Authorship
- by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "En Fuglevise", 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), "En Fuglevise", op. 25 (Seks digt af Henrik Ibsen) no. 6 (1876), published 1876. [text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz) , title 1: "La canzone dei poasseri", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "La chanson d'un oiseau", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Un bel giorno di primavera passeggiammo in sù e in giù sedotti dal mistero di quel viale profondo. Spirava il vento dall'ovest sul cielo tanto azzurro. Nel tiglio una passerotta Cantava per i suoi piccoli. Dipinsi immagini poetiche con colori leggendari e attenti mi scrutarono due neri occhi lucenti. Sopra di noi s'accese un tripudio di bisbigli. ma ci dicemmo addio e mai più ci rincontrammo. E quando io passeggio tutto solo in sù e giù i piccoli pennuti non mi danno più tregua. La passera ascoltò i nostri discorsi innocenti ne fece delle rime e le mise in musica. Ora la nostra storia dei passeri è patrimonio Sotto le fronde cantano quel giorno di primavera.
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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), "En Fuglevise", written 1871, appears in Digte
This text was added to the website: 2006-06-23
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