Signe Monologue from The feast at Solhoug

From The feast at Solhoug by Henrik Ibsen

female · joyful · 55 sec

(Laughing.) For me? That he'd ta'en the wrong road full soon he would see. (MARGIT: What would you say if a valiant knight Begged for your hand?) That my heart was too light To think upon suitors or choose a mate. (MARGIT: But if he were mighty, and rich, and great?) O, were he a king, did his palace hold Stores of rich garments and ruddy gold, 'Twould ne'er set my heart desiring. With you I am rich enough here, meseeems, With summer and sun and the murmuring streams, And the birds in the branches quiring. Dear sister mine--here shall my dwelling be; And to give any wooer my hand in fee, For that I am too busy, and my heart too full of glee! [SIGNE runs out to the left, singing.

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