En fattig tjänarinna, vad har jag att bjuda min vän? Han läser min hemliga fråga och svarar mig tröstande så : "Dina lemmar är vaxljuslågor, dina bröst är offerskålar. Du gav mig ett levande hjärta: så växer min rikedom. Heliga skrifter äger jag på skilda språk, tempel och altarbord kring hela världen. För min fot har konungar nedlagt rökelse, myrra och guld. Lika gärna tar jag mot en droppe vatten, ett halmstrå, av den som älskar mig."
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Authorship:
- by Hjalmar Robert Gullberg (1898 - 1961) [author's text not yet checked 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), "Om offergåvor", 1938, published 1939 [ voice and piano ], from Den utvalda = Die Auserkorne , no. 4, Stockholm : Musikaliska Konstföreningen, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947) ; composed by Ture Rangström.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-07-02
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