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by Jeppe Aakjær (1866 - 1930)

Hør hvor let dens vinger smækker
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Hør hvor let dens vinger smækker
mod den tunge kløverdusk,
mens den som en skyttel lægger
farten gennem røg og rusk.

Ville du kun tit mig lede,
som i hine fjerne år,
på min barndoms tunge hede
til min faders lave gård.

Å, når du på blæsten vendte
og mig i mit ansigt så,
var det næsten som du kendte
barnesindets sorger små.

Ja, det var, som om du tøved'
et sekund og fritted' mig:
Hvi er lille bror bedrøvet,
hvorfor ikke glad som jeg?

Men når du så gården stige
bag om kålgård-popler frem,
svandt du langs det lange dige,
for at følge andre hjem.

Når engang mit blik skal briste,
og min ånd skal flagre frit,
ban du vejen for min kiste
med dit elskede kvivit.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Jeppe Aakjær (1866 - 1930), "Svalen" [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), "Hør hvor let dens vinger smækker ", FS. 78 no. 42, published 1917 [voice and piano], from the collection En Snes danske Viser (1917), no. 42, Leipzig & København, Wilhelm Hansen [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-05-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 128

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