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by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923)
Translation © by Christina Sofia af Klinteberg Herresthal (b. 1997)

Vid Nietzsches grav
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Den store jägaren är död...
Hans grav draperar jag med varma blomgardiner...
Kyssande den kalla stenen, säger jag:
här är ditt första barn i glädjetårar.
Gäckande sitter jag på din grav
såsom ett hån - skönare än du drömt dig.
Sällsamma fader!
Dina barn svika dig ej,
de komma över jorden med gudasteg,
gnuggande sig i ögonen: var är jag väl?
Nej, riktigt ... här är min plats,
här är min faders förfallna grav...
Gudar - hållen evigt vakt på detta ställe.

Confirmed with Edith Södergran,Septemberlyran, 1918


Text Authorship:

  • by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Vid Nietzsches grav", written 1918, appears in Septemberlyran, first published 1918

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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-21
Line count: 13
Word count: 79

Strange Father!
 (Sung text for setting by M. Johnson)
 Matches base text
Language: English  after the Swedish (Svenska) 
Strange father!
 [ ... ]
This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.

Composition:

    Set to music by Maya Miro Johnson (b. 2001), "Strange Father!", 2023 [ satb chorus ]

Text Authorship:

  • by Christina Sofia af Klinteberg Herresthal (b. 1997), "At Nietszche's Grave", written 2022, copyright ©

Based on:

  • a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Vid Nietzsches grav", written 1918, appears in Septemberlyran, first published 1918
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-21
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