Syng, syng

Syng, syng nattergal du,
syng meg en liflig vise 
Kan du så døve min hu?
Kan du så mage det nu 
at jeg måtte lengsel forlise? 

Syng, syng snart er du snil,
kom, kom let og behænde
Abilden dufter deg til
natten er stille og mild 
alle mine tanker de brende. 

Kom, kom sanger og tal 
der, hvor jeg hører hjemme
er der ei nattergal 
der ved jeg sorrig og kval 
lyve seg til syngende stemme.

by Theodor Kjerulf (1825-1888)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "Syng, syng", 1888, from Five Songs from the Norwegian, no. 2, note: also set in English

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "The nightingale", 1888, from Five Songs from the Norwegian, no. 2, note: also set in Norwegian

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The nightingale

Sing, sing nightingale blest
  Sing me a roundel of gladness 
Wilt thou not bring me as guest
  Peace in my bosom to rest? 
Ah, why must I be ever in sadness? 
  Sing, sing nightingale blest

Sing, sing chantress of love 
  Sing where 'tis fragrant and beaming
Evening gales o'er me rove 
  Gloom overshadows the grove. 
Light alone springs from my dreaming.
  Sing, sing chantress of love.

Come, come carol thy lay 
  Here in the cell where I languish
Cannot a nightingale stray 
  Must ever sorrow have sway. 
Song would but mock at my anguish.
  Come, come carol thy lay.

Singable translation by W. Grist , "The nightingale"

a text in Norwegian (Bokmål) by Theodor Kjerulf (1825-1888)

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Frederick Delius (1862-1934) , "The nightingale", 1888, from Five Songs from the Norwegian, no. 2, note: also set in Norwegian

Added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.