Hur längesen vardet? Längesen. Slocknad lyser stjärnan än och kallnad brinner månen vit... Hur långt var det hit? Långt var det hit. Blunda! Jag blundar... Om hundra år vaknar du, undrar, förstår...
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Text Authorship:
- by Gunnar Ekelöf (1907 - 1968) [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 Hilding Hallnäs (1903 - 1984), "Hur längesen var det?", op. 17 no. 5 (1942) [ voice and piano ], from I skogen om natten - Fem sånger, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
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