by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885)

Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Our translations:  FRE GER
Alle de voksende Skygger
Har vævet sig sammen til en,
Ensom paa Himmelen lyser
En Stjærne saa straalende ren,
Skyerne have saa tunge Drømme,
Blomsternes Øjne i Duggraad svømme,
Underligt Aftenvinden 
Suser i Linden.

Note: modern Danish uses 'å' instead of 'aa' and does not capitalize nouns. It is also common not to capitalize the beginning of each line in modern publications.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Hugo Alfvén (1872 - 1960), "Stemning", Rudén no. 156 (1938) [ mixed chorus or men's chorus a cappella ], also set in Swedish (Svenska)

Text Authorship:

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Marie Herzfeld) , "Alle die wachsenden Schatten"


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 34