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by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941)

Det bästa
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Det bästa som vi äga,
det kan man inte giva,
det kan man inte säga
och inte heller skriva.

Det bästa i ditt sinne
kan intet förorena.
Det lyser djupt där inne
för dig och Gud allena.

Det är vår rikdoms råga
att ingen ann kan nå det.
Det är vårt armods plåga
att ingen ann kan få det.

Confirmed with Karin Boye, karinboye.se/verk/dikter/dikter/detbasta.shtml, Karin Boye Sällskapet


Text Authorship:

  • by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941), "Det bästa", appears in Moln [author's text checked 1 time 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 Helga Josefine Åhl (1896 - 1981), "Det Bästa" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Urban Dahlberg (b. 1955), "Det bästa" [ satb chorus ], from Nya vägar - en körsvit om Karin Boye, Notfabriken
        Publisher: Gehrmans [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-01-16
Line count: 12
Word count: 59

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