Väl den som gudar har

Väl den som gudar har
Väl den som gudar har:
han har ett hem.
Tröst och en tryggad grund
skänks blott av dem.

Vig dig till kämpe
vid en altarrund.
Frälst är din själ
i bönens stund.

Vilan dig väntar
blott i strid.
Först mellan sköldarna
givs det frid.

Tvång till blanka vapen,
fara och tro --
så blir ett hem dig rett,
där du kan bo.

Translation(s): GER

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Submitted by Bertram Kottmann

Authorship

• by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941), "Väl den som gudar har", appears in Gömda land, first published 1924 [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Väl den som gudar har", 1941 [voice and piano], from Sköld och svärd, no. 1. [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wohl dem, der Götter hat", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Wohl dem, der Götter hat

Wohl dem, der Götter hat:
Er hat ein Heim.
Trost, einen sichern Grund
schenken sie allein.

Weih dich dem Kampfe
dort am Altar.
Heilung der Seele
beim Beten erfahr.

Denn nur im Streite
erwartet dich Ruh.
Erst zwischen Schildern
kommt Friede dir zu.

Zieh blank deine Waffen ,
trau dich, schreit fort, -
dann steht für dich bereit
ein sich’rer Hort.

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• a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941), "Väl den som gudar har", appears in Gömda land, first published 1924
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Ture Rangström. Go to the text.

Text added to the website: 2018-11-20.
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