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by Elias Blix (1836 - 1902)

Modersmaalet
Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk) 
Moder er eit heilagt ord, 
hjartat kjært aa höyra,
leikar alle folk paa jord 
sælt i hug og öyra.
Kvar, som moders namn hev lært,
[skal]1 og halda dyrt og kjært
moders ord og minne.

Modersmaal er beste arv, 
mor oss kunde giva.
Medan mange Minne kvarv, 
hennar ord vil liva:
fraa ho ved di vogga song,
til ho deg den sidste gong
döyande velsignad.

Maal med Malm og Tone full
Av vaar Mor me lærde.
Men det dyre Ervegull
Mold og Rust daa tærde.
I den lange Folkenatt
Arge Dvergar tok vaar Skatt
Og grov ned i Jordi.

Daa me stod ei Morgonstund
Upp or Draum og Dvale,
Strøymde gjenom Bok og Munn
Mot oss framand Tale.
Me som Israel fekk sjaa,
At alt Landet lyda maa
Folk med framand Tunga.

Maalet var daa ikkje gløymt,
Smaafolk enn det talar.
Ervegullet godt var gjøymt
Djupt i Norigs Dalar.
No me grev det fram or Mold,
Enno paa vaart Ættarskjold
Gullet godt kann glima.

Kom daa, lat oss alle mann 
reisa modersmaalet,
lyfta kvar so godt me kann,
slipa det som staalet!
Millom alle folk paa jord
dyre var dei modersord.
Lat og oss det sanna!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Sinding 

C. Sinding sets stanzas 1-2, 6

View original text (without footnotes)
1 Sinding: "vil"

Text Authorship:

  • by Elias Blix (1836 - 1902), "Modersmaalet", appears in Salmar og Songar, first published 1900 [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 Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Modersmaalet", op. 55 no. 11, published 1902, stanzas 1-2,6 [voice and piano], from Sylvelin og andre viser, no. 11. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • DAN Danish (Dansk) [singable] (Gustav Hetsch) , title 1: "Modersmaalet"
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Wilhelm Henzen) , title 1: "Muttersprache"


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-25
Line count: 42
Word count: 197

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