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.
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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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Alle de voksende skygger har vævet sig sammen til en. Ensom på himmelen lyser en stjerne så strålende ren. Skyerne have så tunge drømme, blomsternes øjne i duggråd svømme, underligt aftenvinden suser i linden.
Text Authorship:
- by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), "Alle de voksende Skygger" [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 Hugo Alfvén (1872 - 1960), "Stemning", Rudén no. 156 (1938) [ mixed chorus or men's chorus a cappella ], also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Alle de voksende Skygger", op. 67a no. 1 (1901), published 1905 [ women's chorus a cappella ], from Mehrstimmige Lieder für Frauenchor, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Matti Borg (b. 1956), "Stemning", from Landskab. 12 sange til tekster af J.P.Jacobsen, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Sigurd von Koch (1879 - 1919), "Alle de voksende Skygger", 1916, from Stilla visor, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Stemning", op. 11 no. 8 (1898) [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from 8 sånger för blandad kör, no. 8, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871 - 1927), "September" [ chorus ], from Tre körvisor a capella, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Marie Herzfeld (1855 - 1940) , "Alle die wachsenden Schatten" ; composed by Johanna Müller-Hermann.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Hugo Alfvén.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger.
Other 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
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
Alla de växande skuggor ha gjutit sig samman till en. Ensam på himmelen lyser en stjärna så strålande ren. Skyarna glida i tunga drömmar Dagg-gråt ut blommornas ögon strömmar Underligt aftonvinden susar i linden.
- Vævet should be translated into "vävt" (meaning woven), but arguably the meaning is much more clear using "gjutit" (founded, melted, cast).
- Skyarna glida i tunga drömmar : literal translation would be "Skyarna har så tunga drömmar" (The skies/heavens have such heavy dreams)
- Dagg-gråt ut blommornas ögon strömmar (tears of dew from the flower's eyes streams) : literally would be: "Blommornas ögon i dagg simmar" (the flower's eyes swim in dew", but sounds bad even in english, especially to the music
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), "Alle de voksende Skygger"
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Alla de växande Skuggor", op. 11 no. 8 (1898) [ SATB chorus a cappella ], from 8 sånger för blandad kör, no. 8, also set in Danish (Dansk) [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Anna Maria Modée
This text was added to the website: 2015-04-07
Line count: 8
Word count: 34