by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818 - 1870)
Translation Singable translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910)
Mitt hjarta har vore i livsens strid
Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk)
Our translations: FRE
Mitt hjarta [har vore i livsens]1 strid, og mangt eit sår hev det [fengi]2; det låg sjukt og sårt i so mang ei rid, men endå [har det]3 til denne tid frå leiken med livet [gjengi]4. Men ær på ær etter sår på sår der er på kvar [einaste]5 sida, og upp dei brjota kvar evig vår, når lauvet spretter og isen går og gauken gjeler i lida. Men blomar bløma i desse ær, og blømande blom er tåret. Det soleis også med jordi er: når regn og dogg ho frå himlen fær, so veksa blomar i såret.
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Sinding: "hev vore i livets"
2 Sinding: "fenge"
3 Sinding: "det hev"
4 Sinding: "gjenge"
5 Sinding: "einast"
Text Authorship:
- by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818 - 1870), "Den Særde", written 1858 [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Den Særde", op. 33 (Tolv melodier til Digte af A.O. Vinje) no. 3 (1873-1880), published 1881 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Mitt hjarta", op. 55 no. 2, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], from Sylvelin og andre viser, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- DAN Danish (Dansk) [singable] (Gustav Hetsch) , "Mit Hjærte"
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Blessures", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Wilhelm Henzen) , "Mein Herz"
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 104
Mein Herz
Language: German (Deutsch) after the Norwegian (Nynorsk)
Mein Herz hat gestanden im Lebensstreit und manchen Schlag hingenommen. Sein Schicksal war lauter Feindseligkeit und doch ist es bis zu dieser Zeit mit dem Leben davon gekommen. Doch Narb' um Narb' in der Jahre Lauf, Die zeugen von mancher Wunde, Die brechen in jeglichem Frühling auf, Wenn das Eis zerschmilzt und es grünt darauf Und der Kukuk bringt frohe Kunde. Doch Blumen entspriessen der Narben Spur, Wenn Thränen sie heimlich begossen. So geht es ja auch mit Gottes Natur: Wenn Regenwetter vom Himmel fuhr, lässt Blumen aus Wunden sie sprossen.
From the Sinding score.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910), "Mein Herz" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Norwegian (Nynorsk) by Aasmund Olavsson Vinje (1818 - 1870), "Den Særde", written 1858
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-07-22
Line count: 15
Word count: 91