Spegeln i min hand, sminket på mina läppar, beteln som min tand bröt itu - O, jag vet det nu: hela detta land, flod och stäpp, träd och kakadu, orm och sand: allt är bara du!
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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), "Spegelsång", 1938, published 1939 [ voice and piano ], from Den utvalda = Die Auserkorne , no. 5, 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.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-07-02
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