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by Vilhelm Ekelund (1880 - 1949)

Min själ, vak upp ur dina tunga drömmar
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  GER
Min själ, vak upp ur dina tunga drömmar,
se allting jublar, mark och lundar tala,
och vederkvickelse från höjden strömmar,
min själ, vak upp, min själ låt dig hugsvala.

Ej ängslans mörka makter mer dig kväve,
och dådlöst tvivels sjuka tankar vike,
fritt över kvalm och dunkel högt du sväve.
Dig själv förtro, din sköna längtans rike!

Ren luftens röster och det tysta suset
i dunkla träd en gryning spå som bräcker:
min själ, finns ingen röst som dig uppväcker!

Min själ, vak upp, dig höj på spänstig vinge,
och utur mörkret stark din längtan svinge:
jag skall, jag vill, ja måste fram till ljuset!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Vilhelm Ekelund, Samlade dikter, Vol. 1, Under redaktion av Jonas Ellerström och med inledning av Katarina Frostenson, Stockholm: Atlantis, 2004, pages 209-210.


Text Authorship:

  • by Vilhelm Ekelund (1880 - 1949), no title, written 1903 [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 Josef Eriksson (1872 - 1957), "Min själ, vak upp", op. 33 (Vilhelm Ekelund-dikter) no. 1, published 1917, copyright © 1917 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Garrett Medlock [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2019-03-01
Line count: 14
Word count: 105

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