by Gunnar Reiss-Andersen (1896 - 1964)
Mennesketrøst
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål)
Du jages forunderlig hit og dit, du spør hvorfra og hvortil. Men du og de evige stjerner er gnister av samme ild, ja, du, som nesten ingenting er, du kan gjemmes i ingenting, er dog bestandig det samme ledd i livets veldige ring. Du tør ikke, vesle flakkende sjel, kjenne dig trygg eller sterk, og dog er din skjebne et Himmlens verk.
Text Authorship:
- by Gunnar Reiss-Andersen (1896 - 1964) [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 Edvard Hagerup Bull (b. 1922), "Mennesketrøst", op. 52b no. 1 (1979) [sung text checked 1 time]
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