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by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952)

I ventetiden
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Nei intet er som første gang
at vente og at rødme.
Vel venter jeg ham nu igjen
og håper på hans komme; men —
For intet er som første gang
med al dens gode sødme.

Den første gang var bak en hæk
i høiet på en slæde.
Men siden blev det mangt et sted
med lukket dør og mørke med.
Men intet er som bak en hæk
i hjærtets første glæde.

Vel venter jeg ham nu ikvæld
og gjør mig muntert rede.
Jeg husker hvert et kys fra før
og kjender hvert et grep han gjør.
Vel venter jeg ham nu ikvæld,
men med en bitter lede.

Han drøier. Kanske skal hans blik
nu for en anden gløde?
Ja gå, min ven, til hvem du vil,
jeg går til ro og takker til....
Nei hør, min ven, du drøier så,
du piner mig tildøde!

Confirmed with Knut Hamsun, Samlede Verker, Bind 15, Gyldendal Norsk Forlag, Oslo, 1964.


Text Authorship:

  • by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), "I ventetiden", appears in Det vilde kor [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 Magne Amdahl (b. 1942), "I ventetiden", 1994 [ bass-baritone, narrator, violoncello, and piano ], from En Hamsun konsert, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2025-10-08
Line count: 24
Word count: 144

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