Ved Festen fik en Moder Bud,
at hendes Søn var død;
men blegne kunde hun dog ej,
for hun var malet rød.
Ak, ak! Rød!
For hun var malet rød!

"Jeg rødmer over denne Mor,"
udbrød en Dame, blid;
men rødme kunde hun dog ej,
for hun var malet hvid.
Ak, ak! Hvid!
For hun var malet hvid!

Fy føj! Jeg valgte helst mig Sort
i Livets Farvelad;
men jeg kan ikke males trist,
for jeg er malet glad.
Ak, ak. Glad!
For jeg er malet glad!

Confirmed with Rode, Helge. Den stille Have, Gyldendalske Boghandel Nordiskforlag, Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania, 1922.

Text Authorship:

• by Helge Rode (1870 - 1937), "Ved Festen fik en Moder Bud", appears in Den stille Have, first published 1922 [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 Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Ved Festen fik en Moder Bud", op. 41 no. 7, FS. 94 no. 7 (1920), from Moderen - Scenemusik, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]

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

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Au cours d'une fête une mère reçut le message", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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