Med händerna knutna i vrede ligger i graven en man. Grym är hans uppsyn som strede han än. Det är människan. Fast kalk de strött över dragen han inte förintas vill. Igen skall han komma i dagen och visa att han är till. Ihop han begravts med tusen och alla är liksom han. Förmultna skall männen i blusen, men aldrig människan.
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Text Authorship:
- by Pär Lagerkvist (1891 - 1974) [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 Gabriella Gullin (b. 1961), "Människan", 1993 [ mixed chorus ], from Tre Miniatyrer, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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