by
Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)
Der skreg en fugl
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)
Available translation(s): ENG FIN FRE
Der skreg en fugl over øde hav,
Langt fra Lande.
Den skreg så sårt i den høstgrå dag,
flaksed i brudte, afmægtige slag,
seiled på sorte vinger
bort over hav...
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Der skreg en fugl", op. 31 (Ti Sange til Digte af Vilhelm Krag) no. 3, published 1894 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Edvard Grieg (1843 - 1907), "Der skreg en fugl", op. 60 (Digte af Vilhelm Krag) no. 4 (1893-1894), published 1894 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sigurd Lie (1871 - 1904), "Der skreg en fugl" [ voice and piano ], from Seks sange til tekster af Vilhelm Krag, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Der skreg en fugl", op. 18 ((Seks) Sange = (Sechs) Lieder) no. 5 (1891-2) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Nigel Parker) , "A bird cried", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English [singable] (Aubertine Woodward Moore)
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Lintu huusi", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Un oiseau a crié", copyright © 2012, (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.
Line count: 6
Word count: 30
A bird cried
Language: English  after the Norwegian (Bokmål)
Over the wide sea a bird cried
far from land,
Screaming piteously in the autumn-grey day,
Beating its wings with broken, powerless strokes,
Gliding with dark wings
over the ocean...
Authorship:
- Translation from Norwegian (Bokmål) to English copyright © 2013 by Nigel Parker, (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 (Bokmål) by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "Der skreg en fugl", appears in Digte, first published 1894
This text was added to the website: 2013-04-02
Line count: 6
Word count: 30