by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875)
Hytten
Language: Danish (Dansk)
Hvor Bølgen højt mod Kysten slaar En ganske lille Hytte staar, Men rundt om paa det hele Næs Er ej en Plet med Græs. Kun Himmel, Hav og nøgent Land Omgiver Hyttens Drømmeland. Et Paradis er dog det Sted, Thi der bor Kjærlighed! Ej Sølv, ej Guld man finder Der, men To, som har hinanden kjær. Se! Kys og Smil paa Læben ler, Og Øjet Sjælen ser. Det tale ej det mindste Ord; Glemt er den hele store Jord, Med Kamp og Smerte, Fryd og Fred, Thi her bor Kjærlighed!
Authorship:
- by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Hytten", written 1831, appears in Phantasier og Skizzer [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
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), "Hytten", op. 18 (Romanser og sanger) no. 7 (1865-1869), published 1869 [ voice and piano ], Copenhagen [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Une hutte", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GRE Greek (Ελληνικά) [singable] (Christakis Poumbouris) , "Μικρή καλύβα", copyright © 2015, (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.
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Word count: 90