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by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924)

Aa veit du den Draum, og veit du den...
Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk) 
Our translations:  ENG FRE GER
Aa veit du den Draum, og veit du den Song,
so vil du Tonane gøyme;
og gilja det for deg so mang ein Gong,
rett aldri so kann du det gløyme.
    Aa hildrande du!
    Med meg skal du bu;
i Blaahaugen skal du din Sylvrokk snu.

Du skal ikkje fæle den svale Nott,
daa Røtane gror ned i Jordi;
du saag i Draumen det Maane-Slott
og høyrde dei Leikar-Ordi.
    Det frævest i Blund,
    det grønkar i Lund,
og Dagen ei kjenner den Sæle-Stund.

Du skal ikkje fæle den mjuke Nott,
daa Draumen slær ut sine Vengir
i linnare Ljos enn Dagen hev aatt
og Tonar fraa stillare Strengir.
    Det voggar um [Lid]1,
    det svævest av Strid,
og Dagen ei kjenner den Sæle-Tid.

Du skal ikkje fæle den djupe Nott,
som søv under svivande Eimar
og ser gjenom Gru og ser gjenom graatt
langt inn i dei draumhulde Heimar
    og voggar deg linn
    og lullar deg inn
fraa Dagen den trøytte, av Soli blind.

Du skal ikkje ræddast den Elskhug vill,
som syndar og græt og gløymer;
hans Famn er heit og hans Hug er mild,
og Bjørnen arge han tøymer.
    Aa hildrande du!
    Med meg skal du bu;
i Blaahaugen skal du din Sylvrokk snu.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Grieg 

E. Grieg sets stanzas 1, 3, 5

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1 Grieg: "Li"

Text Authorship:

  • by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924), no title, appears in Haugtussa, in 1. Heime, in 5. Det syng, no. 2, first published 1895 [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Det syng", op. 67 no. 1 (1895), published 1898, stanzas 1,3,5 [ voice and piano ], from Haugtussa, no. 1, Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Nigel Parker) , copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La chanson", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Es singt", copyright © 2015, (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: 35
Word count: 207

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