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2 Sange

Song Cycle by Jacob Deichmann Dahl

?. Min Sjæl er mørk  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Min Sjæl er mørk -- nu, Sanger! flux
Du Harpens Streng maa røre,
Slyng saa i milde Bølgeslag
Dens Toner mod mit Øre!
Har end min Sjæl et lønligt Haab,
Ved Sang det vil fremtrylles,
Og atter Øiets tørre Væld
Af friske Taarer fyldes. --

Men bort med Skjemt! kun Smertens Dyb
Tør tolke dine Strenge,
Og græde maa jeg, Sanger, skal
Ei Tungsind Hjertet sprænge.
Thi det er ammet op med Sorg
Og døbt i Taarestrømme,
Og briste maa det nu, kan Sang
Ei lulle det i Drømme.

Text Authorship:

  • by Christian Preezmann (1822 - 1893), as Caralis, "Min Sjæl er mørk", appears in Hundrede Digte ved Caralis, first published 1867

Based on:

  • a text in English by George Gordon Noel Byron, Lord Byron (1788 - 1824), "My soul is dark", appears in Hebrew Melodies, no. 9, adaptation of I Samuel 16:14-23, first published 1815
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Confirmed with Hundrede Digte ved Caralis, Chr. Steen & Søns Forlag, Kbh., 2. opl., 1867, p. 58.


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