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by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941)

Räck mig det döda stycket av ditt liv
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Räck mig det döda stycket av ditt liv.
Jag ska nog väcka det.
Nätterna väntar på vårt tidsfördriv.
Vi ska nog knäcka det.
Fast din dag var så blodlöst tom,
kan jag nog tvinga den att blöda,
tvinga den, till skam och dom,
att uppstå från de döda.

Så, när det dagas och du åter tar fatt,
ser du din vinning,
ser du märket av en levande natt
bränt i din tinning --
vittnesbörd om att av nåd du har fått
tillbaka den tid du ville svika
och ändå fått den fylld till sitt rågade mått --
om glädje eller plåga, kvittar lika.

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Confirmed with Karin Boye, karinboye.se/verk/dikter/dikter/straffangeln-talar.shtml, Karin Boye Sällskapet


Text Authorship:

  • by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941), "Straffängeln talar", appears in De sju dödssynderna, Bonniers [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 Hans Gefors (b. 1952), "Straffängeln" [ voice and piano ], from Boye-sånger, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2026-01-14
Line count: 16
Word count: 101

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