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Faced by your enemies |
Faced by your enemies |
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faced by your time! |
faced by your time! |
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During a bloody storm |
During a bloody storm |
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– never resign! |
– never resign! |
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Fearful your questions are, |
Fearful your questions are, |
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defenseless and open |
defenseless and open |
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What is my armament? |
What is my armament? |
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What is my weapon? |
What is my weapon? |
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Here is your battle plan |
Here is your battle plan |
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Here is your sword: |
Here is your sword: |
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Faith in humanity, |
Faith in humanity, |
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and all that it’s worth |
and all that it’s worth |
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For all our future’s sake |
For all our future’s sake |
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Find it, sustain it |
Find it, sustain it |
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Pay any price – but: |
Pay any price – but: |
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Rise it and strengthen it! |
Rise it and strengthen it! |
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Silent the weapons go |
Silent the weapons go |
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Rows upon rows, |
Rows upon rows, |
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call halt to their deadly drift, |
call halt to their deadly drift, |
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our spirit grows! |
our spirit grows! |
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War is contempt for life |
War is contempt for life |
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Peace is creation |
Peace is creation |
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Throw all your power in, |
Throw all your power in, |
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to death’s true damnation |
to death’s true damnation |
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Love and enrich by dream |
Love and enrich by dream |
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our mighty past! |
our mighty past! |
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Unveil new answers to |
Unveil new answers to |
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all questions asked |
all questions asked |
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Water wheels still not built |
Water wheels still not built |
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Unrevealed planets – |
Unrevealed planets – |
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The brave and ingenuous |
The brave and ingenuous |
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will make a difference! |
will make a difference! |
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Pure is humanity, |
Pure is humanity, |
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the world full of seed |
the world full of seed |
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Where there is hunger, |
Where there is hunger, |
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it is born of greed |
it is born of greed |
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Break all iniquity |
Break all iniquity |
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Injustice will fall (then) |
Injustice will fall (then) |
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Sunrise and bread and soul |
Sunrise and bread and soul |
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Are owned by all (men) |
Are owned by all (men) |
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Then all the weapons are |
Then all the weapons are |
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truly ignored |
truly ignored |
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with human dignity |
with human dignity |
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Peace is restored |
Peace is restored |
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She who with her right |
She who with her right |
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hand Carries a burden |
hand Carries a burden |
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A treasure she must protect |
A treasure she must protect |
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Cannot commit murder |
Cannot commit murder |
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Here is our solemn vow |
Here is our solemn vow |
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From man to man: |
From man to man: |
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Treasure our sacred |
Treasure our sacred |
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world Water and land |
world Water and land |
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We will keep it close: |
We will keep it close: |
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The beauty - affection |
The beauty - affection |
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Like carrying an infant |
Like carrying an infant |
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with Love and protection |
with Love and protection |
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Revision as of 23:28, 20 March 2023
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Til ungdommen (English: "To the Youth"), also known by the words of the first line Kringsatt av fiender ("Surrounded by Enemies"), is a poem from 1936 by Norwegian poet and writer Nordahl Grieg (1902–1943) . It was set to music in 1952 by the Danish composer Otto Mortensen (1907–1986). The song has been recorded by various artists and has been sung at meetings held by various organizations. After the terror attacks of 22 July 2011, it was used in many memorial gatherings and services.
History
The poem was written in 1936 by Nordahl Grieg at Ny-Hellesund in Søgne for use by the Norwegian Students' Society after a request by Trond Hegna (1898–1992) who was a Member of Parliament. The poem is directly inspired by the Spanish civil war, which had broken out the same summer. It was set to music by composer Otto Mortensen in 1952, some nine years after Grieg's death.[1][2]
In 1988 it was recorded by Grex Vocalis. In 2000 it was orchestrated by Tormod Tvete Vik and sung by Norwegian actress and singer Herborg Kråkevik in her CD titled Kråkeviks Songbok. Kråkevik's version excludes verses 7-10.
The song has also been recorded by Danish rock musician Kim Larsen, first on his album 231045-0637 from 1979. However, on this album it was called 682 A rather than Til Ungdommen, a reference to the song's listing in the Danish folk high school songbook. Kim Larsen also included the song on his live album Kim i Cirkus (1985), and on the live CD and DVD En Lille Pose Støj on YouTube (2007), on these two occasions titling it by the first line in the Danish version of the poem, Kringsat af Fjender.
The song has also been recorded by Norwegian experimental band The Soundbyte. Til Ungdommen was sung by Norwegian singer Torhild Ostad on 23 November 2003 in Kleinmachnow near Berlin, Germany, as the memorial stone was unveiled at the site where the poet Nordahl Grieg died when the Lancaster bomber in which he was flying as a war correspondent hit the ground on 2 December 1943.[3][4][5]
On 24 July 2011, under enormous worldwide media coverage, the song was sung by the congregation of the Oslo Cathedral memorial service in relation to the 2011 Norway attacks.[6] It was also sung at Denmark's official Memorial Service at Vor Frue Kirke in Copenhagen on 27 July 2011.
Herborg Kråkevik's 2000 version of the song was re-released in 2011 immediately after the attacks, reaching #1 on VG-lista, the official Norwegian Singles Chart, in its first week of release.
Sissel Kyrkjebø sang the song as the concluding performer during the Norwegian National Memorial Ceremony on 21 August 2011 in the Oslo Spektrum arena, which was held to remember those killed in the 2011 Norway attacks. The program was broadcast on all TV channels across Norway. Ingebjørg Bratland sang the song on 30 July 2011 in the Oslo Cathedral.[7]
Text of the poem
Til ungdommen by Nordahl Grieg.
Original Norwegian[a] | English translation |
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Kringsatt av fiender, gå |
Faced by your enemies |
- ^ Line breaks, punctuation and spelling as per ISBN 82-05-18666-9 – Nordahl Grieg's published poem book.
- ^ Nordahl Grieg wrote "menskenes" due to poetic metre, however proper Norwegian riksmål spelling is "menneskenes".
Song recordings
- The Norwegian duo Metaphor made an english translation and three recorded version of this song in 2022, due to the war in Ukraine
- Kim Larsen's version (in 1979) of the song is titled "682A" — a reference to its place in Højskolesangbogen, the Danish Folk High School songbook
- The song was performed live in July 1988 by Kim Larsen, Björn Afzelius, Åge Aleksandersen and Jahn Teigen, with verses alternating between Danish and Norwegian. The song was recorded and shown live on television, but never released on CD or vinyl.
- Anders Buaas has recorded his non-vocal version of a song called Til Ungdommen on his musical work "The Witches of Finnmark" (2017).
In popular culture
- The instrumental song Closing the Circle by Danish progressive metal band Beyond Twilight (on their 2001 album The Devil's Hall of Fame) contains melody snippets taken from Til Ungdommen.
- The song Songen Åt Fangen by Norwegian black metal band Vreid (on their debut album Kraft) uses Til Ungdommen as its primary melody.
References
- ^ "Nordahl Grieg - Til Ungdommen". Nortabs.net. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ To The Youth - English Version, Translated by Rod Sinclair (in English)
- ^ "Memorial stone to War Correspondent Grieg (Loss of Lancaster Lm316)". Home.modemss.brisnet.org.au. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "SULA - the Music". Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 13 March 2011.
- ^ "Torhild Ostad | Listen and Stream Free Music, Albums, New Releases, Photos, Videos". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
- ^ "Kongen og dronningen gråt av sang i domkirken". Nrk.no. Retrieved 25 July 2011. (Contains video from the service)
- ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 10 August 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
Other sources
- Andreassen, Jostein (1992) Nordahl Grieg på Sørlandet: Et studieheft om forfatterskap og miljø (J. Andreassen) ISBN 978-82-91188-01-0
- Nag, Martin (1989) Ung må Nordahl Grieg ennå være (Solum) ISBN 978-82-560-0655-7
- Hoem, Edvard (1989) Til ungdommen : Nordahl Griegs liv (Oslo: Gyldendal) ISBN 82-05-29946-3