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by Knud Lyne Rahbek (1760 - 1830)

Til min Muse
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Bejæl, o Sanggudinde! 
Min Tak til Vårens Gud, 
See Vintrens Spor forsvinde 
Og Jorden som en Brud; 
See ned til den, han svinger 
Sig som en Brudgom skjøn; 
Jeg ham min Lovsang bringer, 
Og Blomster er min Løn. 

Og denne Løn at vinde, 
Er mig langt meer end Guld, 
Thi er ej min Veninde, 
Dem meer end Guldet huld? 
O når den skjønne pryder 
Sit Hår, og Bryst med dem, 
Søl da, hvor jeg mig fryder, 
Som bragde hende dem!   

See!  alt os Våren bygger 
En tæt, en løvriig Sahl, 
Snart slåer blandt disse Skygger 
Den ømme Nattergall, 
Og når den kjælent klynker,  
Og henrykt dåner hen, 
Hun til mit Hjerte synker, 
Og kysser ømt sin Ven. 

O!  giv mig da at qvæde 
Den milde, rige Vår, 
Du seer, hvor herlig Glæder 
Den skjænker og den spåer.  
Du seer min glade Pige, 
Du seer mit Paradiis. 
Kun dem, som har en Pige, 
Kan synge Vårens Priis! 

Text Authorship:

  • by Knud Lyne Rahbek (1760 - 1830) [author's text not yet checked 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 Friedrich Ludwig Æmelius Kunzen (1761 - 1817), "Til min Muse", published [1786] [ voice and piano ], from Viser og lyriske Sange, satte i musik af Federik Ludevig Æmilius Kunzen, no. 30, Kjøbenhavn: August Friderich Stein, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Melanie Trumbull

This text was added to the website: 2020-07-19
Line count: 32
Word count: 156

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