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by Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1783 - 1872)

Forunderligt at sige
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Forunderligt at sige 
og sært at tænke på
at kongen i Guds rige
i stalden fødes må
at himlens lys og ære, 
det levende Guds ord
skal husvild blandt os være, 
som armods søn på jord.

Selv spurven har sin rede, 
kan bygge dér og bo
en svale ej tør lede 
om nattely og ro-
de vilde dyr i hule 
har hver sin egen vrå
skal sig min Frelser skjule 
i fremmed stald på strå?

Nej, kom jeg vil oplukke
mit hjerte, sjæl og sind
ja, bede, synge, sukke
Kom, Jesus, kom herind.-
Det er ej fremmed bolig, 
du den har dyre købt
Her skal du hvile rolig
i kærligheden svøbt.

Text Authorship:

  • by Nikolaj Frederik Severin Grundtvig (1783 - 1872), first published 1837 [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 Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Forunderligt at sige", FS. 83 no. 13 (1919), published 1919 [SATB chorus a cappella], from the collection Salmer og Aandelige Sange, Halvhundred nye Melodier for Hjem, Kirke og Skole, no. 13. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 111

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