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by Ivar Andreas Åsen (1813 - 1896)
Translation Singable translation by Gustav Hetsch (1867 - 1935)

Um Talen høyra me Rødor manga
Language: Norwegian (Nynorsk) 
Um Talen høyra me Rødor manga,
og etter Storleiken skal det ganga:
er Folket stort, so er Talen trygg;
er Folket smaatt, so er Talen stygg.

Og ymse Folk er [no]1 altfor rædde,
at dei er havde til Spott og hædde.
Dei skulde taka det helder lett;
det kjem vel upp, kven som hadde Rett.

Her spyrst no minst um kvat mange lika;
mot Rett og Sanning maa allting vika.
Det gjelder litet um tungt og lett;
det gjelder beinast um rangt og rett.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Ivar Andreas Åsen (1813 - 1896), no title, appears in Etterstev, no. 2 [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 Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Um Talen", op. 75 no. 11 [voice and piano], from Symra - Ein Tulftmed Visor og Rim = Symra - En Tylft Viser og Rim = Windrose - Ein Zwölfer Lieder und Reime, no. 11, Copenhagen: W. Hansen, also set in Danish (Dansk), also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]

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  • Also set in Danish (Dansk), a translation by Gustav Hetsch (1867 - 1935) GER ; composed by Christian Sinding.
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  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Eugen von Enzberg (1858 - 1908) DAN and by Johanna Plockross-Pohly DAN ; composed by Christian Sinding.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 85

Om Talen
Language: Danish (Dansk)  after the Norwegian (Nynorsk) 
Om Talen man os jo mangt fortæller,
og det da altid om Styrken gælder.
Er Folket stort, saa er Talen kry;
Er Folket lille, saa er Talen bly.

Og vise Folk gaar i Frygt og tænker,
at de er Genstand for Spot og Rænker.
De skulde heller ta Sagen let;
det skal nok ses, hvem der havde Ret.

Det nytter ikke at tækkes alle;
for Ret og Sandhed maa alting falde.
Det gælder lidet om tungt og let;
det gælder bare om vrangt og ret.

From the Sinding score.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Gustav Hetsch (1867 - 1935) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Norwegian (Nynorsk) by Ivar Andreas Åsen (1813 - 1896), no title, appears in Etterstev, no. 2
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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), "Om Talen", op. 75 no. 11 [voice and piano], from Symra - Ein Tulftmed Visor og Rim = Symra - En Tylft Viser og Rim = Windrose - Ein Zwölfer Lieder und Reime, no. 11, Copenhagen: W. Hansen, also set in Norwegian (Nynorsk), also set in German (Deutsch) [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-04-23
Line count: 12
Word count: 85

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