by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906)
Translation by William Archer (1856 - 1924)
Nu løftes Laft og Lofte
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)
Nu løftes Laft og Lofte Til Stjernehvælven blaa, Nu flyver lille Haakon Med Drømmevinger paa. Der er en Stige stillet Fra Jord til Himmel op, Nu stiger lille Haakon Med Englene tiltop. Guds Engle smaa, de vaager For Vuggebarnets Fred, Gud sign' Dig, lille Haakon, Din Moder vaager med!
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Authorship:
- by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "En Stue i Kongsgaarden", written 1864, appears in Kongs-Emnerne [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 Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Margretes Vuggesang", op. 15 (Romanser) no. 1 (1864-1868), published 1868 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Knut Håkanson (1887 - 1929), "Margarethes vuggesang (ur Ibsens Kongsemnerne)", 1908/14 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by William Archer (1856 - 1924) ; composed by Gustav Holst, Norman Houston O'Neill.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Franz (Friedrich) von Holstein (1826 - 1878) , "Margarethen Wiegenlied" ; composed by Paul Mirsch.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ludwig Passarge (1825 - 1912) ; composed by Frederick Delius, Julius Rünger.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Christian Morgenstern (1871 - 1914) ; composed by Johanna Müller-Hermann, Felix Paul Weingartner.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Grete von Zieritz.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English [singable] (Frederick Corder) , "Margaret's Cradle Song"
- ENG English [singable] (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ITA Italian (Italiano) (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz) , "La ninna-nanna di Margrete", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 49
Now roof and rafters blend
Language: English  after the Norwegian (Bokmål)
Now roof and rafters blend with the starry vault on high, Now flieth little Hākon on dreamwings through the sky. There mounts a mighty stairway from earth to God's own land There Hakon with the angels goes climbing hand in hand. God's angel-babes are watching thy cot, the still night through, God bless thee, little Hakon, thy mother watcheth too.
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Authorship:
- by William Archer (1856 - 1924) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Henrik Ibsen (1828 - 1906), "En Stue i Kongsgaarden", written 1864, appears in Kongs-Emnerne
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gustav Holst (1874 - 1934), "Margrete's cradle song", op. 4 (Four songs) no. 1 (1896), published 1897 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Norman Houston O'Neill (1875 - 1934), "Håkon's lullaby", published 1913 [ voice and piano ], note: this may be the wrong poem for this song [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Geoffrey Wieting
This text was added to the website: 2003-12-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 60