Norna's Song
Language:
English
For leagues along the watery way
Through gulf and stream my course has been;
The hillows know my Runic lay,
And smooth their crests to silent green.
The hillows know my Runic lay -
The gulf grows smooth, the stream is still;
The human hearts, more wild than they'
Know but the rule of wayward will.
One hour is mine, in all the year,
To tell my woes - and one alone;
When gleams this magic lamp, 'tis here -
When dies the mystic light, 'tis gone.
Daughters on northern Magnus, hail!
The lamp is lit, the flame is clear -
To you I come to tell my tale,
Awake, arise, my tale to hear!
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Set in
German,
adapted by
Samuel Heinrich Spiker
DUT GER
Date added to the website: 2003-11-07.
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Gesang der Norna
Language:
German
Mich führt mein Weg wohl meilenlang
Durch Gold und Strom und Wassergrab.
Die Welle kennt den Runensang
Und glättet sich zum Spiegel ab.
Die Welle kennt den Runensang,
Der Golf wird glatt, der Strom wird still;
Doch Menschenherz, im wilden Drang,
Es weiß nicht, was es selber will.
Nur eine Stund' ist mir vergönnt,
In Jahresfrist, zum Klageton,
Sie schlägt, wenn diese Lampe brennt -
Ihr Schein verlischt - sie ist entflohn.
Heil, Magnus Töchter, fort und fort!
Die Lampe brennt in tiefer Ruh';
Euch gönn' ich dieser Stunde Wort,
Erwacht, erhebt Euch, hört mir zu!
Input by Richard Morris
Authorship
Based on
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text),
listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
Available translations (or transliterations, if applicable):
 DUT
Dutch
[singable]
(Lau Kanen)
Date added to the website: 2003-11-07.
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