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by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952)

Borte
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Du er som en liden Due,
en levende Fugl saa hvid.
Jeg husker dig nu iaften,
du flyr vel om i vor Stue,
men gid du heller fløj hid!

Her slaar i Hotellets Gade
en Sanger sin Mandolin.
Jeg kender et Minde stige:
du er som den Serenade
saa sød og skælvende fin.

Nu skinner Maanen derfremme
og lyser ind paa mit Bord.
Et Vindpust løfter Papiret --
det er som et Bud fra hjemme
med dine de stille Ord.

Godnat da, du Fuglen hvide,
min Tanke i Land og By!
Nu tysinede Mandolinen,
det lider til Midnatslide...
Godmorgen med SOl paany!

Text Authorship:

  • by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952), "Borte" [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), "Borte", 1994 [bass-baritone, narrator, violoncello, and piano], from En Hamsun konsert, no. 12. [
     text not verified 
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-26
Line count: 20
Word count: 101

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