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by (Jacobine) Camilla Collett, née Wergeland (1813 - 1895)

En Døende
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
Som Taage synker i denne Stund 
Alt hvad jeg her maatte lide
Et er der endnu, et eneste kun
Og det var min bittreste Kvide
Nu stiger den fra sit Fængselsgrund
Lydt skrige den vil fra blegnende Mund
Alle skal faa det at vide

Nei, var stum du de lange Aar
Vær stum, min Sorg til det Sidste!
Holdt ud du i Hjertets feireste Vaar
Hold ud, vel snart vil det briste
Stil rolig, min Skat, min bittre Fryd, 
min Straf,  min Stolthed, mit Hjertes Pryd
Jeg tager dig med i min Kiste

Nei, nei, ikke der, hernede paa Jord
kun haatte, o skattet saa ringe
Du levne tilbage ei Navn eller Spor
Löft dig, min Sorg, paa din Vinge
Guds Engle dig kjende, som du kjender dem
Med Fryd for den Evige bære de frem
det bedste jeg har at bringe

Text Authorship:

  • by (Jacobine) Camilla Collett, née Wergeland (1813 - 1895) [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 Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "En Døende", op. 49 no. 3 (1891), published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Tre Sange i moll, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

This text was added to the website: 2025-08-06
Line count: 21
Word count: 142

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