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by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908)

Frygteligt, naar vi vil tænke
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Frygteligt, naar vi vil tænke os Begyndelsen og Enden!
Denne Vriden sig og Venden,
for at faa hvad Facit ud?
Allah, Allah, Du er Gud!
Er og var og vil saa blive,
hvad vi end vil tænke, skrive, 
digte, tragte, regne ud!

Du har skabt den første Spire til Begyndelsen og Enden,
skabt vor Tvilen og Erkenden
skabt din egen Verden, Gud!
Men min Verden paa dit Bud
skabtes, da Du hende skabte!
Denne Verden, ak den tabte
jeg... og dog er der en Gud!

Text Authorship:

  • by Holger Henrik Herholdt Drachmann (1846 - 1908) [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 Christian Sinding (1856 - 1941), "Frygteligt, naar vi vil tænke", op. 13 (Digte af Sangenes Bog af Holger Drachmann) no. 6, published 1891 [ medium voice and piano ], from Digte fra Levanten, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-07-25
Line count: 14
Word count: 85

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