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Alle mine længsler de smyger sig om dig, diddeli, om dig! duddeli, om dig! Bare én af dine nu gik den halve vej - diddelu og diddeli - til mig! Alle havens blomster de dufter kun om dig! diddeli, om dig! duddeli, om dig! Roser og reseda og lind og volverlej - diddelu og diddeli - om dig! Pløjer jeg min ager, da synger jeg om dig - diddeli, om dig! duddeli, om dig! Lærken over ploven med sangen hjælper mig, diddelu og diddeli - om dig! Biers nyn og sødme - alt minder mig om dig! diddeli, om dig! duddeli, om dig! Al min gerning bliver ved dig en blomsterleg, diddelu og diddeli - om dig! Sidder jeg i kirken, jeg titter hen til dig, titterli - til dig! tutterli - til dig! derfra op til altret, hvor du vil stå med mig, - diddelu og diddeli - med mig!
Text Authorship:
- by Jeppe Aakjær (1866 - 1930), first published 1903 [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 Oluf Ring (1884 - 1946), "Alle mine længsler", 1925 [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947) , "Life", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission ; composed by Gary Bachlund.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 139
Life's ups and downs don't ever disengage,
And when one book is read, there's still some other page.
The ins and outs are just a part of one big cage,
And you must play, for all this world's your stage.
What's a little scratch when you got an itch?
What's a little flick to the power switch?
What's a little catch for the pitcher's pitch?
What's a little gloom when your life's a bitch?
One comes with the other one, that's for sure.
For most every illness there seems some cure.
If you start with one, you'll deal with two,
'Cause that's what life has made for you.
What's a soothing balm for each ache and pain?
What's a plumber's plunger to that backed-up drain?
What's a little bleach to the red wine stain?
What's a changing wind to the weathervane?
One comes with the other one, I'll tell you true.
For any one thing there comes the cue
That you'll play with one, but romp with two,
'Cause that's how life was made for you.
What's a fitting answer to every little plight?
What's the color black to the color white?
What's a bumpy tumble from some lofty height?
What's a workman's wrench when the nut's too tight?
What's a little lovin' when you're feeling fine?
What's the thing that's yours that is also mine?
What's the dark of night when the sun does shine?
What's that giant puzzle? Read between each line.
One comes with the other one, I'll say it straight.
For any one thing, like love or hate,
You will sport with one, but war with two,
'Cause those are the rules life's made for you.
Text Authorship:
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Life", copyright ©, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Danish (Dansk) by Jeppe Aakjær (1866 - 1930), first published 1903
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "Life", 2009 [ baritone and piano ], from Three Songs for Roger, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-03-07
Line count: 32
Word count: 280