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by Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866 - 1900)

Han saar
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Og dagen den går med latter og sang,
og døden han sår i natten så lang.
Døden han sår.

Han går og sår,
sår og sår-
rædde roser, blege tulipaner,
sorte violer og syge hyazinther
mimoser.

Han går og sår,
sår og sår -
blege smil, bang tårer,
sorte kvaler og syge længsler
tvil.

Dagen den går med latter og sang.
Døden han sår i natten så lang.
Døden han sår.

Text Authorship:

  • by Sigbjørn Obstfelder (1866 - 1900) [author's text not yet checked 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 Carl August Hirn (1886 - 1949), "Han Saar", op. 61 (Tre sange) no. 1 [ voice and piano ], Fennica Gehrman, also set in Finnish (Suomi) [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Sigurd Lie (1871 - 1904), "Han saar" [ voice and piano ], from Sex Sange, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Kristian Lindenhöök ; composed by Carl August Hirn.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 70

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