Wohl dem, der Götter hat | Wohl dem, der Götter hat

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by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Väl den som gudar har

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE GER

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.

Text Authorship:

by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941), "Väl den som gudar har", appears in Gömda land, first published 1924 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Väl den som gudar har", 1941 [ voice and piano ], from Sköld och svärd, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Bienheureux celui qui a un dieu", copyright © 2022, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wohl dem, der Götter hat", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website: 2018-11-20
Line count: 17
Word count: 66

Wohl dem, der Götter hat

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Swedish (Svenska)

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.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2018 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:

a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941), "Väl den som gudar har", appears in Gömda land, first published 1924
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This text was added to the website: 2018-11-20
Line count: 16
Word count: 60