Alt farer hen som Vinden,
Her er ei blivende Sted.
Snart svinder Rosen paa Kinden,
[Smilet og - Taarerne med]1.

Hvorfor være bedrøvet,
Hen farer Sorg og Fortræd,
Alt farer hen, som Løvet,
Tiden og Mennesket med.

Alt er Forsvinden -Forsvinden,
Ungdom, dit Haab og din Ven!
Alt farer hen som Vinden,
Og kommer aldrig igjen.

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¹ in some versions, "Og Snillets Udtryk med"

Text Authorship:

• by Hans Christian Andersen (1805 - 1875), "Kommer aldrig igjen", appears in Lykke-Peer, first published 1870 [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 Bo Holten (b. 1948), "Alt farer hen som Vinden" [sung text not yet checked]
• by Henrik Rung (1807 - 1871), "Alt farer hen som Vinden" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
• by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Alt farer hen som Vinden", 1877 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Il ne revient jamais", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Und kehrt nie wieder", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2010-04-10
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Word count: 55