Jag slog mina armar om hans knä och frågade vem han var. In i märg och ben skakade mig hans ord: "Så ofta jorden ligger ödelagd av krig mellan folken, hungersnöd och pest, födes jag på nytt. Den första natten etter nederlaget ser mig en fånge kanske i sin dröm, men vakterna Förtryck och Hämnd är blinda. Har missmod gripit alla, kommer jag: blandmolnen blixtrar min hjälm. I nödår, sorgetider, växer jag ur jorden."
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Den gudomlige Hjälparen", 1938, published 1939 [ voice and piano ], from Den utvalda = Die Auserkorne , no. 2, Stockholm : Musikaliska Konstföreningen, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947) ; composed by Ture Rangström.
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-07-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 74
In Demut umschlang ich seine Knien und fragte ihn, wer er sei. Tief durch Mark und Bein erschütterte mich sein Wort: "So oft die Erde tief verwüstet liegt von Krieg zwischen Völkern, Hungersnot und Pest, wach' ich auf aufs neu. Die ersten Nächte nach der Niederlage sieht ein Gefangner mich vielleicht im Traum, doch blind sind finstrer Rache Henkersknechte. Wenn mutlos alle Herzen, komme ich, aus Wolken blitzt dann mein Helm. In Not- und Trauerzeiten steig ich aus der Erde."
Text Authorship:
- Singable translation by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947) [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Hjalmar Robert Gullberg (1898 - 1961)
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Der göttliche Helfer", 1938, published 1939 [voice and piano], from Den utvalda = Die Auserkorne, no. 2, Stockholm : Musikaliska Konstföreningen, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2011-07-02
Line count: 12
Word count: 80