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by Anders Hovden (1860 - 1943)
Translation Singable translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910)

Staren
Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk) 
Og Staren sit uppaa Stovetak 
so silkeklœdd baade fram' og bak.
Det braglar grumt i det fine ty, 
og Nebben stikk hau i villan Sky:
"Aa jamen er det Moro aa liva!"

Og Soli rôdar paa Blomstereng, 
og Staren fyk paa sin lette Veng,
og Staren set seg paar Björkekvist
og byrjar der, som han slutta sist:
"Aa jamen er det Moro aa liva!"

Himlen er Sylv, og Jordi er Gull
heile Heimen av Songar full!
Staren er byrg, og Staren er breid;
for han hev Kjering, og han hev Reid:
"Aa jamen er det Moro aa liva!"

"Aa kjœre Kari, aa hei, aa hopp!
eg hev slik Elsk i min unge Kroppog
vil du som eg, so sete me Bu 
og bygg oss ei Stova eg og du.
Aa jamen er det Moro aa liva!"

Text Authorship:

  • by Anders Hovden (1860 - 1943) [author's text not yet checked 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), "Staren", op. 80 no. 3 (1906), published 1906 [voice and piano], from Heimsyn = Heimfahrt : Sieben Lieder , no. 3, Leipzig: Otto Forberg, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910) ; composed by Christian Sinding.
      • Go to the text.

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-16
Line count: 20
Word count: 136

Der Staar
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Norwegian (Nynorsk) 
Es sitzt ein Staar auf dem Dache fein,
ein Kleid von Seide hüllt rings ihn ein,
er sträubt so wohlig sein Prachtgewand 
und ruft, den Schnabel weit aufgespannt:
"Wohl ist es eine Freude zu leben!"

Die Sonne scheint auf den Blumenplan,
er hat sein Flügelpaar aufgetan, 
er setzt sich keck auf dem Birkenast 
und singt sein Lied von der hohen Rast:
"Wohl ist es eine Freude zu leben!"

Himmel wie silbern, Erde wie Gold!
Heimat, singend und klingend wie hold!
Stolz ist der Staar, es schwillt ihm der Mut,
ihm brennt in Liebe sein junges Blut:
"Wohl ist es eine Freude zu leben!"

"Ach, liebste Kari, nun hei und hopp!
Auch mir brennt Liebe das Herz, Gottlob!
Und willst du wie ich, o dann kein Gezier!
Dann wohnen in einem Stübchen wir,
dann ist es eine Freude zu leben!"

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Wilhelm Henzen (1850 - 1910) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Norwegian (Nynorsk) by Anders Hovden (1860 - 1943)
    • Go to the text page.

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), "Der Staar", op. 80 no. 3 (1906), published 1906 [voice and piano], from Heimsyn = Heimfahrt : Sieben Lieder, no. 3, Leipzig: Otto Forberg, also set in Norwegian (Nynorsk) [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-16
Line count: 20
Word count: 139

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