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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.
E. Grieg sets stanzas 1, 3, 5
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View original text (without footnotes)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):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Manuel Capdevila i Font) , copyright © 2025, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- 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
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 207
Si tu connais le rêve et si tu connais la chanson, alors tu conserveras ses notes en mémoire ; et même si elles t'égarent maintes fois, tu ne pourras jamais les oublier. Ô enchanteresse ! Tu habiteras avec moi, dans les montagnes bleues tu feras tourner ton rouet d'argent. Tu ne craindras pas la douce nuit, quand le rêve déploie ses ailes, dans une lumière plus légère que celle du jour et des sons plus doux que ceux des violons. La colline s'assoupit, les querelles s'apaisent, et le jour ne connaît pas ces heures transcendantes. Tu ne seras pas effrayée des désirs de l'amour, de ses péchés, de ses pleurs et de ses oublis ; Son étreinte est brûlante, son cœur est doux et il peut apprivoiser l'ours en furie. Ô enchanteresse ! Tu habiteras avec moi, dans les montagnes bleues tu feras tourner ton rouet d'argent.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Norwegian (Nynorsk) to French (Français) copyright © 2012 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Norwegian (Nynorsk) by Arne Garborg (1851 - 1924), no title, appears in Haugtussa, in 1. Heime, in 5. Det syng, no. 2, first published 1895
This text was added to the website: 2012-03-31
Line count: 21
Word count: 143