by
Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)
Der skreg en fugl
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)
Our translations: ENG FIN FRE
Chosen for Diff
Der skreg en fugl over øde hav,
Langt fra Lande.
Den skreg så sårt i den høstgrå dag,
flaksed i brudte, afmægtige slag,
seiled på sorte vinger
bort over hav...
Text Authorship:
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), "Der skreg en fugl", op. 31 (Ti Sange til Digte af Vilhelm Krag) no. 3, published 1894 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Der skreg en fugl", op. 60 (Digte af Vilhelm Krag) no. 4 (1893-1894), published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sigurd Lie (1871 - 1904), "Der skreg en fugl" [ voice and piano ], from Seks sange til tekster af Vilhelm Krag, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Der skreg en fugl", op. 18 ((Seks) Sange = (Sechs) Lieder) no. 5 (1891-2) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Nigel Parker) , "A bird cried", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Aubertine Woodward Moore)
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Lintu huusi", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Un oiseau a crié", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [
Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 6
Word count: 30
Lintu huusi
Language: Finnish (Suomi)  after the Norwegian (Bokmål)
Chosen for Diff
Lintu huusi aavan meren yllä
kaukana maasta.
Se huusi surullisesti syksyn harmaudessa,
räpyttteli katkonaisin lyönnein,
liiteli pois meren yli mustilla siivillään...
Text Authorship:
Based on:
- a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Der skreg en fugl", appears in Digte, first published 1894
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-15
Line count: 5
Word count: 21