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by Svend Trøst
Translation Singable translation by Eugen von Enzberg (1858 - 1908)

Tabula rasa (Rent Bord)
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Jeg havde læst saa mange Bind,
nu har jeg glemt dem alle;
jeg gav dem til den kaade Vind
og Manden med sin Skralde.

Forbi, forbi, Theologi,
Jurisprudens, Filosofi,
men navnlig denne Statistik,
som véd det hele paa en Prik,
og tager Fejl hvert Øjeblik -
jeg staar: tabula rasa!

Hejsa, hejsa, dans afsted
alle disse Lister: 
om og hvad det koster,
naar man sin Frihed mister!

Jeg har en Snes Principper haft,
nu er jeg kvit dem alle;
nu kan jeg perse Druens Saft 
og glemme Bærmens Galde.

Forbi, forbi det Maskepi:
nu er jeg frank, nu er jeg fri;
nu er jeg stemt for Maadehold, 
for Hjærtet varmt men Panden kold,
og Panden har ej nogen Fold -
jeg staar: Tabula rasa!

Hejsa, hejsa, dans afsted;
Frøken gaa i Kloster!
Ikke Du, men jeg det véd,
hvad en Jor'mor' koster!

Text Authorship:

  • by Svend Trøst  [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), "Tabula rasa (Rent Bord)", op. 50 (Danske viser og sange (Dänische Weisen und Lieder)) no. 14, published 1899 [ medium voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Eugen von Enzberg (1858 - 1908) , "Tabula rasa", first published 1899 ; composed by Christian Sinding.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-04
Line count: 28
Word count: 141

Tabula rasa
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Danish (Dansk) 
Ich las fürwahr der Bücher viel,
Nun sind vergessen alle.
Ich liess dem Winde sie zum Spiel
In weiter Himmelshalle!

Vorbei, vorbei, Theologei,
Jurisprudenz, Philosofei, 
Doch mit Statistik namentlich,
Die Alles schlau berechnet sich
Und dennoch irrt ganz emsiglich,
Ich mach tabula rasa!

Hejssa, hejssa, rasch verjag 
Alles, so will wissen,
Ob und was es kosten mag, 
Soll man Freiheit missen!

Ich hatt' Principien angeschafft,
Nun bin ich los sie alle;
Nun kann ich pressen Traubensaft,
Vergess' der Hefe Galle!

Vorbei, vorbei die Träumerei:
Nun bin ich frank, nun bin ich frei;
Nun überall auf Mass ich halt',
Mein Herz bleibt warm, die Stirne kalt,
Die Stirne zeigt noch keine Falt -
Ich mach: Tabula rasa!

Heissa, heissa, fort geschwind,
Fräulein würd'st mich meiden,
Ahntest du, wie ich, mein Kind,
Was die Lieb' schafft Leiden!

From the Sinding score.

Text Authorship:

  • Singable translation by Eugen von Enzberg (1858 - 1908), "Tabula rasa", first published 1899 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Danish (Dansk) by Svend Trøst
    • Go to the text page.

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), "Tabula rasa", op. 50 (Danske viser og sange (Dänische Weisen und Lieder)) no. 14, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], Leipzig, W. Hansen, also set in Danish (Dansk) [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-08-04
Line count: 28
Word count: 136

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