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by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941)

Nattens djupa violoncell
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Nattens djupa violoncell
slungar sitt mörka jubel ut över vidderna.
Tingens töckenbilder löser sin form
                i floder av kosmiskt ljus.
Dyningar, lysande långa,
sköljer i våg på våg genom nattblå evighet.
Du!  Du!  Du!
Förklarade lätta materia, rytmens blommande skum,
svävande, svindlande drömmars dröm,
                bländvit!
En mås är jag, och på vilande sträckta vingar
dricker jag havssalt salighet
                långt östan om allt jag vet,
                långt västan om allt jag vill,
och rör vid världens hjärta --
bländvitt!

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Text Authorship:

  • by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941), "Nattens djupa violoncell", appears in För trädets skull, Bonniers, first published 1935 [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 Rolf Martinsson (b. 1956), "In i evigheten = Into Eternity", op. 103 no. 2, first performed 2015 [ soprano and orchestra ], Gehrmans
        Publisher: Gehrmans [external link]  [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Benjamin Staern (b. 1978), "Nattens djupa violoncell", 2013/21 [ alto and chamber orchestra ], from Sånger om bländvit kärlek, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Jan Wallgren (1935 - 1996), "Nattens djupa violoncell", 1992 [ mezzo-soprano and string quartet ], from Karins sånger, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

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