Du sidder i Baaden, som svømmer,
  sænket i Bølgens Musik;
  dine dejlige Øjne drømmer,
  mod Skyerne vendt dit Blik.
  Mod Aftenens taarnede Skyer
  stiger dit Hjertes Begær;
  de vinker saa lokkende nær,
  de daler, [de letter, de]1 flyer.

Men disse taarnede Skyer,
  som gløder i Purpurskær,
  som vinker og, vinkende, flyer
  og synes dog stedse nær,
  de staar som et Billed paa Sorgen,
  et Spejl paa forgængelig Lyst;
  de fylder med Solskin dit Bryst --
  og bliver til Regnvejr imorgen.

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Confirmed with Ranker og roser: en samling sange af Holger Drachmann, København, Gyldendalske Boghandels Forlag, 1879, pages 71-72. Note: modernized spelling would change all occurrences of 'aa' to 'å'

¹ Sjögren: "letter og"

Text Authorship:

• by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908), "Han", appears in Ranker og roser, in Anden Afdeling, first published 1877 [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 Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Rosenrøde Drømme: Du sidder i Baaden", op. 26 (Sange til Texter af Holger Drachmann) no. 5, published 1890 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Du sidder i Baaden, som svømmer", op. 3 (Sju sånger ur Tannhäuser) no. 3 (1880) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Steven Cox , Heidrun Beer

This text was added to the website: 2009-02-16
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