by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923)
Translation © by Christina Sofia af Klinteberg Herresthal (b. 1997)
Vid Nietzsches grav
Language: Swedish (Svenska)
Den store jägaren är död... Hans grav draperar jag med varma blomgardiner... Kyssande den kalla stenen, säger jag: här är ditt första barn i glädjetårar. Gäckande sitter jag på din grav såsom ett hån - skönare än du drömt dig. Sällsamma fader! Dina barn svika dig ej, de komma över jorden med gudasteg, gnuggande sig i ögonen: var är jag väl? Nej, riktigt ... här är min plats, här är min faders förfallna grav... Gudar - hållen evigt vakt på detta ställe.
Confirmed with Edith Södergran,Septemberlyran, 1918
Text Authorship:
- by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Vid Nietzsches grav", written 1918, appears in Septemberlyran, first published 1918 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Christina Sofia af Klinteberg Herresthal (b. 1997) , "At Nietszche's Grave", written 2022, copyright © ; composed by Maya Miro Johnson.
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This text was added to the website: 2026-10-21
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Strange father!
Language: English after the Swedish (Svenska)
Strange father! [ ... ]
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Text Authorship:
- by Christina Sofia af Klinteberg Herresthal (b. 1997), "At Nietszche's Grave", written 2022, copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Vid Nietzsches grav", written 1918, appears in Septemberlyran, first published 1918
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Maya Miro Johnson (b. 2001), "Strange Father!", 2023 [ satb chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-21
Line count: 4
Word count: 23