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by Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864 - 1931)

Världarnas offer
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Offrande träda seklens mör för Herran,
böja i tronens klarhet sina knän.
Hvad kan jorden gifva? Jorden bor fjärran,
fattig och ringa, men blomstrande och vän.

Rikare stjärnor, rymdens höga solar,
sända silfverliljor, rosor utaf gull.
Jorden sitter fjärran på de dunklas stolar,
blyg och förgäten för sin skumhets skull.

Systrar, som träden offrande i salen,
bringen af ljufhet allt hon förmår,
blomsterdoft af Karmel, dudaim från dalen,
mörka skogars lena sus i nordens vår.

Täck är för Herran jordens blomsterånga,
älskad i höjden bleka dalars vår,
täckare ett vårligt hjärta, som kan fånga
himmelsk eld ur jordens korta, svala år.

Text Authorship:

  • by Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864 - 1931) [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 Hugo Alfvén (1872 - 1960), "Världarnas offer", subtitle: "Sopransolo ur Nyårskantat", op. 12 no. 3, Rudén no. 32 no. 3 (1899), published 1900 [ soprano and orchestra or piano ], from cantata Vid sekelskiftet, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2004-05-15
Line count: 16
Word count: 101

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