Margretes Vuggesang

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!

by Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) , "En Stue i Kongsgaarden", 1864, from 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 Edvard Grieg (1843-1907) , "Margretes Vuggesang", op. 15 (Romanser) no. 1 (1864-8), published 1868.

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "Wiegenlied", 1889-90, published 1892, from Seven Songs from the Norwegian, no. 6.

by Gustav Holst (1874-1934) , "Margrete's cradle song", op. 4 (Four songs) no. 2.

by Felix Paul Weingartner (1863-1942) , "Wiegenlied", op. 47 no. 4 (1909).

ITA Italian (Anna Maria Norberg-Schulz)
GER German [singable] (Franz (Friedrich) von Holstein)
ENG English [singable] (Frederick Corder)

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Margrete's cradle song

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.

by William Archer (1856-1924)

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906) , "En Stue i Kongsgaarden", 1864, from Kongs-Emnerne ITA GER

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. 2.

Date added to the website: 2003-12-02.