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by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952)

Skærgaardsø
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Nu glider Baaden 
mod Skærgaardsøen,
en Ø i Havet 
med grønne Strande.
Her lever Blomster 
for ingens Øjne, 
de staar saa fremmed 
og ser mig lande.

Mit Hjærte blir som 
en Fabelhave,
med samme Blomster 
som Øen ejer.
De taler sammen 
og hvisker sælsomt,
som Børn de mødes 
og ler og nejer.

Her var jeg kanske 
i Tidens Morgen,
som hvid Spirea 
engang at finde.
Jeg kender Duften 
igen fra fordum, 
jeg skelver midt i 
et gammelt Minde.

Mit Øje lukkes, 
en fjærn Erindring
har lagt mit Hode 
ned til min Skulder.
Saa tætner Natten, 
ind over Øen
kun Havet buldrer --
Nirvanas Bulder.

Text Authorship:

  • by Knut Hamsun (1859 - 1952) [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 Magne Amdahl (b. 1942), "Skærgaardsø", 1994 [ bass-baritone, narrator, violoncello, and piano ], from En Hamsun konsert, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Algot Haquinius (1886 - 1966), "Skærgaardsø", 1915 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 32
Word count: 103

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