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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)
Translation by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862)

Nøkken
Language: Danish (Dansk)  after the Swedish (Svenska) 
Nøkken sad i Elven en deilig Sommerkvel
  Paa den brusende Strøm.
Det var som han smelted det stenhaarde Fjeld
  I en tonende Drøm.
-- Nøkken slog Guldharpen i Elven.

Stille stod en Smaadreng og lyttede dertil
  Ved den brusende Strøm:
"Hvad baader dig, o Nøkke, dit deilige Spil?
  Det bortklinger som Drøm."
-- Nøkken tabte Harpen i Elven.

"Nøkke! ak, du spiller saa underfuldt i Kvel
  I den brusende Strøm --
Du bli'er dog aldrig salig: du har ingen Sjæl --
  Du forgaaer som en Drøm."
-- Nøkken græd ved Harpen i Elven.

Nøkken græd i Elven den lange Sommerkvel
  I den brusende Strøm.
Det var som al Naturen opløstes i Sjæl
  I en Saligheds-Drøm.
-- Nøkken slog Guldharpen i Elven.

Text Authorship:

  • by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862), "Nøkken" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Swedish (Svenska) from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Nøkken", op. 13 (Fem Sange) no. 3, published 1881 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-25
Line count: 20
Word count: 115

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