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by Bertel Gripenberg (1878 - 1947)

Flyg, drifsnö på öde vägar
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Flyg, drifsnö på öde vägar, 
flyg drifsnö på spång och stig, 
drif hvit öfver frusna tegar, 
till hvila vägarna vig. 

Ligg hvit öfver stubbar och rötter, 
du drifsnö i halfmörk skog.
Täck spåren af trötta fötter 
som vandrat mera än nog. 

Täck spåren af kamp och sträfvan 
af kärlek och sorg och ve. 
Göm spåren af hat och bäfvan
som ingen mera skall se. 

Låt allt vara dödt och försvunnet, 
begrafvet i gömmande famn, 
förlåtet, förgätet, förbrunnet, 
hvart spår, hvart minne, hvart namn.

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Confirmed with Bertel Gripenberg, Drifsnö, Stockholm, Björck & Börjesson, 1909, pages 7-8.


Text Authorship:

  • by Bertel Gripenberg (1878 - 1947), "Drifsnö", appears in Drifsnö, first published 1909 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Gustaf Nordqvist (1886 - 1949), "Drivsnö", 1909 [ voice and piano ], from Sex sånger, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-08-29
Line count: 16
Word count: 83

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