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by Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906)

O, gräv mig en grav, dödgrävare snäll
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  FIN FRE
O, gräv mig en grav, dödgrävare snäll, 
jag längtar att komma till vila, 
jag ser inga stjärnor ute i kväll, 
där mörka skyarna ila.

Jag hade ett hjärta, som gav och som gav.
Nu har det ej mera att giva.
Ack, snälla dödgrävare, gräv mig en grav;
jag kan ej min ledsnad beskriva.

Nu står där blott åter ett svidande sår --
där riva de alla och sarga;
ack, snälla dödgrävare, red mig en bår,
så lugna [kanske sig]1 de arga.

[Så]2 kan jag måhända få fred i min grav;
där växa små blommor ur mullen.
Jag hade ett hjärta som gav och som gav. --
Ack, kasta ej stenar på kullen!

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•   E. Sjögren 

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1 Sjögren: "sig kanske"
2 Rängstrom: "Då"

Text Authorship:

  • by Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906), "Min grav", written 1887-8 [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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Min grav", op. 29 no. 2 (1922), published 1924 [ voice and piano ], from Fantasi och verklighet III, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Min grav", 1911 [ voice and piano ], from Fyra dikter = Vier Gedichte, no. 2, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "O, gräv mig en grav", op. 53 no. 1 (1909) [ voice and piano ], from Svarta rosor och gula. Tre dikter av Ernst Josephson, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation possibly by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947); composed by Ture Rangström.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Hautani", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ma tombe", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-11-18
Line count: 16
Word count: 112

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