Lad Vaaren komme, mens den vil,
Med Grønt, der grønnes,
Med tusend Fugles Fløjtespil,
Mens Blomster blomstre
[Og alt det Skønnes]1
Favreste Fagre
Kommer at flagre
Ud over Enge og ud over Agre,
Vælder i Haver og skjules i Skove,
Vælter sin Duft over Vang, over Vove --
Hvad gør de mig?
Mit Hjærte er ej Blomst, ej Blad,
Og Vaaren gør det ikke glad:
Det har sin egen, sære Vaar --
      Naar?

About the headline (FAQ)

View original text (without footnotes)

Confirmed with Digte og Udkast af J. P. Jacobsen. Andet Oplag, Kjøbenhavn, Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1900, page 197.

¹ omitted by Sjögren

Text Authorship:

• by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), no title [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 Arnold Edward Trevor Bax, Sir (1883 - 1953), "Lad Vaaren komme", 1927 [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs from the Norse, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Matti Borg (b. 1956), "Lad våren komme", from Landskab. 12 sange til tekster af J.P.Jacobsen, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934), "Lad Vaaren komme", published 1897, from Seven Danish Songs, no. 7, also set in English, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Lad Vaaren komme", 1921, from Romantik: Fem digte, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Ethel Florence Lindesay Robertson, née Richardson (1870 - 1946), as Henry Handel Richardson, "Lad Vaaren komme" [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Lad Vaaren komme, mens den vil", 1896 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871 - 1927), "Lad Vaaren komme, mens den vil", published 1892 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Frederick Delius (1862 - 1934) ; composed by Frederick Delius.
  • Go to the text.
    
• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Jelka Rosen (Delius) (1868 - 1935) ; composed by Frederick Delius.
  • Go to the text.
    
• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Robert Franz Arnold (1872 - 1938) , "Den Lenz lass kommen" ; composed by Johanna Müller-Hermann.
  • Go to the text.
    

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

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Laisse venir le printemps lorsqu'il veut", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Johann Winkler

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 15
Word count: 72