33, published in 1880: these were settings for voice and piano of words by the Norwegian poet and journalist Aasmund Olavsson Vinje.
3, relate that wounds have been suffered by the heart in the struggles of life, but it has survived; faith is not destroyed.
The beginning of the melody of "The Wounded Heart", played by the 1st violins Norwegian: Våren.
2, the poet describes the beauty of the countryside in spring, appearing after the snow of winter; he thinks he might be seeing it for the last time.
The orchestration of the second verse is more developed, starting with the violins, in four parts, in high register; the rest of the strings gradually join in during the verse, until a thick texture is heard from the full string orchestra towards the end.