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by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941)

En målares önskan
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Jag ville måla ett ringa grand
av slitnaste vardag, så nött och grått,
men genomlyst av den eld, som förmått
all världen att springa ur Skaparns hand.
Jag ville visa, hur det vi försmå
är heligt och djupt och Andens skrud.
Jag ville måla en träsked så,
att mänskorna anade Gud!

Confirmed with, karinboye.se/verk/dikter/dikter/en-malares-onskan.shtml, Karin Boye Sällskapet


Text Authorship:

  • by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941), "En målares önskan", appears in Moln [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 Leif Strand (b. 1942), "En målares önskan" [ voice and string quartet ] [sung text not yet checked]

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

This text was added to the website: 2026-01-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

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