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by Steen Steensen Blicher (1782 - 1848)

Det er hvidt herude
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Det er hvidt herude:
Kyndelmisse slår sin knude
overmåde hvas og hård,
hvidt forneden, hvidt foroven,
pudret tykt står træ i skoven
som udi min abildgård.

Det er tyst herude:
Kun med sagte pik på pude
melder sig den små musvit,
Der er ingen fugl, der synger;
finken kun på kvisten gynger,
ser sig om og hvipper lidt.

Det er koldt herude:
Ravne skrige, ugler tude,
søge føde, søge læ.
Kragen spanker om med skaden
højt på rygningen af laden,
skeler til det tamme kræ.

Inderlig jeg længes
efter vår, men vintren strænges;
atter vinden om til nord!
Kom, sydvest, som frosten tvinger,
kom med dine tågevinger,
kom og løs den bundne jord!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Steen Steensen Blicher (1782 - 1848), appears in Trækfuglene, first published 1838 [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 Thomas Linneman Laub (1852 - 1927), "Det er hvidt herude", 1914, published 1915 [voice and piano], from the collection En Snes danske Viser (1915), no. 2, Leipzig & København, Wilhelm Hansen [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 113

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