Lätt på fot och finger, yr av levnadsmod ur en brunn jag springer som är djup och god; ur en brunn jag springer, en stråle blod. Detta, som jag kallar Nu, I dag, och Mitt, i den brunnen svallar utan tidsavsnitt; i den brunnen svallar mitt väsen fritt. Den som söker dragga, ingen botten når; brunnen var min vagga många tusen år, brunnen var min vagga och blir min bår. Kysst av sol på munnen i ett grönt kvarter springer jag ur brunnen att behaga er, faller jag i brunnen och syns ej mer.
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Hilding Hallnäs (1903 - 1984), "Undinen", op. 15 (Tre sånger) no. 1 (1940), published 1942 [ voice and piano ], Gehrmans förlag [sung text checked 1 time]
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