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by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Den gamle
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
En konung syns den gamle mig
Vid slutet af sin lefnads stig,
Vid målet för sin långa färd,
Så segerrik, så afundsvärd.

Hvar storm af tiden re’n sig lagt,
Hvar granne vördar glad hans makt,
Och villan djerf, passionen yr
Långt från hans tysta rike flyr.

Hans folk en fridsam skara är
Af milda, slumrande begär,
Af minnen, som förblifvit qvar
Från forna, ljuft förflutna dar.

Hans spira är hans vandringsstaf,
Hans borg, hans fasta borg en graf,
Hans kungaglans af lugn består,
Och krona är hans silfverhår.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Den gamle" [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 Ludvig Irgens-Jensen (1894 - 1969), "Den gamle", copyright © 1944 [ voice and piano ], Oslo : Norsk Musikforlag [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Adolf Fredrik Lindblad (1801 - 1878), "Den gamle", c1850-1851 [ voice and piano ], from Sånger och Visor vid Pianoforte. 4:de delen, no. 90 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 88

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