Vidare drivs jag, in i ett okänt land. Marken blir hårdare, luften mer eggande kall. Rörda av vinden från mitt okända mål skälva strängar i väntan. Alltjämt frågande skall jag vara framme, där livet klingar ut — en klar enkel ton i tystnaden. Leende, öppen, omutlig — kroppen behärskad och fri. En man som blev vad han kunde och var vad han var — ständigt färdig att samla allt i ett enkelt offer. Imorgon skola vi mötas, döden och jag — Han skall stöta sin värja i en vaken man. Men hur svider ej minnet av var stund jag svindlade bort.
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Text Authorship:
- by Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (1905 - 1961), "Så var det", written 1925-1930, appears in Vägmärken [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 Ulrika Emanuelsson (b. 1965), "Där livet klingar ut", copyright © 2017 [ SATB chorus, gran cassa, marimba ], Gehrmans
Publisher: Gehrmans [external link] [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden) (Leif Sjöberg) , "Thus It Was", subtitle: "1925-1930", copyright ©
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-04-22
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Word count: 101
I am being driven forward, into an unknown land [ ... ]
Confirmed with Dag Hammarskjöld, Markings, trans. Leif Sjöberg and W.H. Auden., London : Faber and Faber, 1964
Text Authorship:
- by W. H. (Wystan Hugh) Auden (1907 - 1973), "Thus It Was", subtitle: "1925-1930", copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
- by Leif Sjöberg (1925 - 2000), "Thus It Was", subtitle: "1925-1930", copyright © [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld (1905 - 1961), "Så var det", written 1925-1930, appears in Vägmärken
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- [ None yet in the database ]
This text was added to the website: 2026-03-04
Line count: 15
Word count: 117