#592 - Saeterjentens Sondag (Chalet Girl's Sunday—Norwegian)

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• Composer:
  • Ole Borneman Bull (1810-1880)
• Also known as:
  • På solen jeg ser
  • Solitude on the mountain
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• Parsons Code: XDUDDUUUUUDDDDUDUUDUDDUUUUUDDD¹⁾
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• Lyrics:
  Paa solen jeg ser,
  Det lider alt frem,
  Snart ar det ved hømessetide.
  O, den, som en stund
  Fik ønske sig hjem
  Blandt folk,
  Som paa kirkevej skride!
  Naar solskiven stiger lidt,
  Saa den staar der midt
  Over skaret i kammen,
  Da ved jeg, i dalen
  Klokkerne garr,
  Da ringer fra taarnet
  Det sammen.
  
  Det nytter ej stort
  At tage sin bog
  Og synge i hejen sin salme;
  Mit loft er for højt,
  Og her er det dog,
  Som tonerne blegne of falme.
  O den, som i dag
  Fik blande sin røst
  Med hans og de øvriges stemme!
  Gud give, at snart
  Det lakked mod høst,
  Gud give, jeg atter var hjemme!
  
  
  • Jørgen Engebretsen Moe (1813-1882)
• Lyrics:
  I look at the sun,
  It reveals all,
  Soon it will be time for High Mass.
  Oh, one, who for a moment
  Wishes oneself home
  Among people,
  Who are going to church!
  When the sun has risen a bit
  So it stands right there
  Over the gap in the crest of the mountain,
  Then I know, in the valley
  Church bells are ringing,
  Then rings from the tower
  The same.
  
  It is of no use
  To take one's book
  And sing in the mountains one's psalms;
  My ceiling is too high,
  And here it is thus
  That the tones grow pale and fade.
  Oh, one, who today
  Can blend her voice
  With his* and the heavenly voices.
  God grant, that soon
  It draws near to autumn,
  God grant, I once more will be home!
  
  
  • literal trans. Ingrid Olsson, c2005