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by Johannes V. Jensen (1873 - 1950)

Tidlig vår
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Vintergæk er brudt af mulden
kækt eranthis trodser kulden.
Spurven solforrykt i sind
tjipper i en nøgen lind.
Solet smiler husfacader
gennem lange, lyse gader.

Blussende som hyacinter,
blide som den blide vinter
skolebørn fra skole går,
byens allerbedste vår.
Frisk som føl på eng med bogen
under armen hopper pogen.

Søster med en gylden fletning,
tankefuld forandrer retning,
med et stort og skyldfrit blik,
mod en fristende butik.
Hjem hun vanker, sval som vinden,
med en bismarcksklump i kinden.

Stoltelig vor lille broder,
går spadseretur med moder,
benene er meget små,
han må trave mer' end gå.
Tyk og tapper stumpen render,
krokusblå de søde hænder.

Noget summer, se en flyver!
Over tårn og tind han klyver.
Sjælland ser han fra sin sky,
Sverrig, skibe, sund og by!
På en stråle sol vi rider,
eja, nu og alle tider.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johannes V. Jensen (1873 - 1950) [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 Poul Schierbeck (1888 - 1949), "Tidlig vår", op. 42 no. 11, published 1938/9?, from Alverden går omkring, no. 11. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-03-24
Line count: 30
Word count: 140

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