Attention! Some of this material is not in the public domain.
It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.
To inquire about permissions and rates, contact Emily Ezust at
If you wish to reprint translations, please make sure you include the names of the translators in your email. They are below each translation.
Note: You must use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.
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.
About the headline (FAQ)
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. Here is the modernized version:
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.
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 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
Alle die wachsenden Schatten sind nunmehr zu einem vereint. Einsam an Himmelsmatten ein strahlender Stern erscheint. Wolken träumen gar schwer und bangen, Äuglein der Blüten von Tau umhangen. Rauschenden Abendwinden lauschen die Linden.
About the headline (FAQ)
Authorship:
- Singable translation from Danish (Dansk) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2016 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
Bertram Kottmann. Contact: BKottmann (AT) t-online.de
If you wish to commission a new translation, please contact:
Based on:
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), "Alle de voksende Skygger"
This text was added to the website: 2016-08-16
Line count: 8
Word count: 33