Stille, Hjærte, Sol går ned,
Sol går ned bag Heden,
Dyr går hjem fra Dagens Bed,
Storken står i Reden.
Stille, Hjærte, Sol går ned.

Tavshed over Hedesti
og langs Veje krumme;
en forsinket Humlebi
ene høres brumme.
Stille, Hjærte, Sol går ned.

Viben slår et enligt Slag
over Mosedammen,
før den under Frytlens Tag
folder Vingen sammen.
Stille, Hjærte, Sol går ned.

Fjerne Ruder østerpå
blusser op i Gløden,
Hededamme bittesmå
spejler Aftenrøden.
Stille, Hjærte, Sol går ned.

Confirmed with Jeppe Aakjær, Samlede Værker - Andet Bind - Digte 1908-1918, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Forlag, Kjøbenhavn og Kristiania, 1918.

Composition:

Set to music by Thomas Linneman Laub (1852 - 1927), "Stille, hjerte, sol går ned", 1915, published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from En Snes danske Viser (1917), no. 39, Leipzig & København, Wilhelm Hansen

Text Authorship:

• by Jeppe Aakjær (1866 - 1930), "Aften", first published 1912

Go to the general single-text view

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

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Soir", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 79