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by Charles Emil Gandrup (1847 - 1911)

Lykken er ikke gods eller guld
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Lykken er ikke gods eller guld,
lykken er ikke storhed og ære,
lykken kan selv i den ringeste vrå
arbejdets frugter på bordet bære. 

Lykken har rod i det ærlige sind,
lykken er nøjsomheds rige broder,
lykken er altid: at være sig selv,
aldrig trælbundet af livets goder. 

Lev ej i tomme ønskers rus! 
Drik ej misundelsens bitre bæger! 
Rigere fryd vil du fange, når ret
andres glæde dit hjerte kvæger. 

Lykkeligst den, som har fred med sig selv,
fred med sin gud, og fred med sin næste! 
Går det i verden så op eller ned,
han har af lykken dog fundet det bedste.

Text Authorship:

  • by Charles Emil Gandrup (1847 - 1911) [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 Peter Erasmus Lange-Müller (1850 - 1926), "Lykken er ikke gods eller guld" [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 104

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