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by Vilhelm Bergsøe (1835 - 1911)

Bølge mod Kyst, hvor kommer Du fra?
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Bølge mod Kyst, hvor kommer Du fra?
Hvor er din Hjemstavn, hvor er din Vugge?
Hvem mon de gjælde, de klagende Sukke,
   Bølge mod Kyst?

Har Du en Elsker, hvor Solen gaar ned,
Hist under Hav i de solgyldne Banker?
Sender Du ham dine bristende Tanker,
   Bølge mod Kyst?

Nei, Du er kold, og dit Væsen er Graad;
Thi Du maa dø. Just som Livet Dig skjænkes
Atter i Glemselens Vande Du sænkes,
   Bølge mod Kyst!

Billed Du blev paa den skiftende Tid,
Billed paa Lykken, som kommer og viger
Bristende netop, som høiest den stiger,
   Bølge mod Kyst!

Giv mig din Lod, saa klager jeg ei!
Løft mig blot heit og bær mig et Stykke
Frem mod den lyse, livsalige Lykke,
   Bølge mod Kyst!

Sænk mig kun saa i det evige Hav!
Selv kun en Bølge, som dækkes af andre,
Vil til Forglemmelsens Lande jeg vandre.
   Bølge mod Kyst! 

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Text Authorship:

  • by Vilhelm Bergsøe (1835 - 1911), "Bølgen", appears in Hjemvee [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 Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Bølge mod Kyst", op. 3 (Fem Sange) no. 5 (1873), published 1874 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-21
Line count: 24
Word count: 150

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