Jag sliter i dagarnas kedja. Jag pustar på mina kol. Jag smälter och smider, min smedja är het, som ett avgrundshål. Det brusar som eld och det stänker som sot från min diktarhärd men ovan går skyarnas värld, och mellan skyarna blanker en stjärna på salig färd. Det brusar som eld i min hjärna, det rinner som blod i min tår Jag hälsar dig saliga stjärna, som aldrig jag når.
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Authorship:
- by Bo Bergman (1869 - 1967) [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 Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871 - 1927), "Stjärnan", op. 26 no. 3 (1909) [ voice and piano ], from Visor och stämningar, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Ferdinando Albeggiani
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-11
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