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by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924)

Ved Gjætle‑Bekken
Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk) 
Our translations:  CAT FRE GER
Du surlande Bekk,
du kurlande Bekk,
her ligg du og kosar deg varm og klaar.
Og [speglar]1 deg rein
og glid [yvi]2 Stein,
og sullar so godt
og mullar so smaatt
og glitrar i Soli med mjuke Baar'.
- Aa, her vil eg [kvile, kvile]3.

Du tiklande Bekk,
du siklande Bekk,
her gjeng du so glad i den ljose Li.
Med Klunk og med Klukk,
med Song og med Sukk,
med Sus og med Dus
gjennom lauvbygt Hus,
med underlegt Svall og med Svæving blid.
- Aa, her vil eg drøyma, drøyma.

Du hullande Bekk,
du sullande Bekk,
her fekk du Seng under Mosen mjuk.
Her drøymer du kurt
og gløymer deg burt
og kviskrar og kved
i den store Fred
med Svaling for Hugsott og Lengting sjuk.
- Aa, her vil eg minnast, minnast.

Du vildrande Bekk,
du sildrande Bekk,
kva tenkte du alt paa din lange Veg?
Gjennom aude Rom?
millom Busk og Blom?
Naar i Jord du smatt,
naar du fann deg att?
Tru nokon du saag so eismal som eg?
- Aa, her vil eg gløyma, gløyma.

Du tislande Bekk,
du rislande Bekk,
du leikar i Lund, du sullar i Ro.
Og smiler mot Sol
og lær i dit Skjol,
og vandrar so langt
og lærer so mangt,
aa syng kje um det, som eg tenkjer no.
- Aa, lat meg faa blunda, blunda!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   C. Elling •   E. Grieg 

C. Elling sets stanzas 1-3, 1

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Note: in Elling's song, stanza 1, line 3, word 7 ("varm") becomes "rein" in the repetition.

1 Grieg: "sprytar"
2 Elling, Grieg: "yver"
3 Elling, Grieg: "kvila, kvila"

Text Authorship:

  • by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924), "Ved Gjætle-Bekken", appears in Haugtussa, in 9. Sumar i Fjelle, in 14. Ved Gjætle-Bekken, no. 1, 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 Catharinus Elling (1858 - 1942), "Ved Gjætle-Bekken", op. 60 no. 1, stanzas 1-3,1 [ voice and piano ], from Nye sanger til Arne Garbogs «Haugtussa», no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Ved Gjætle-Bekken", op. 67 no. 8 (1895), published 1898 [ voice and piano ], from Haugtussa, no. 8, Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , "Prop del rierol Gjætle", copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Près du ruisseau de Gjætle", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Am Bergbach ", 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: 45
Word count: 227

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