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by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933)

O, Herre, jeg er meget træt
Language: Norwegian (Bokmål) 
O, Herre, jeg er meget træt,
o, Herre, skjænk mig hvile!
Min sjæl er tung af megen sorg,
min fod af mange mile.

Min fod har traadt mangt mødigt steg
for glæden mig at finde.
Og jeg har set al jordens pragt,
men glæden ingensinde.

Min sjæl har søgt saa mange sjæl
for freden min af finde.
Og jeg fik tusen gode raad,
men freden ingensinde.

Jeg ønsker, jeg var barn igjen
og saa min moder smilte.
O, Herre, jeg er meget træt!
O, Herre, skjænk mig hvile!

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   E. Melartin 

E. Melartin sets stanzas 1-2, 4

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Text Authorship:

  • by Vilhelm Krag (1871 - 1933), "O, Herre", appears in Nye Digte, in Sange om natten, no. 3, first published 1897 [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 Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "O, Herre", op. 13 (Tre sanger = Three songs) no. 1, published 1900, stanzas 1-2,4 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Leopold Rosenfeld (1849 - 1909), "O, Herre, jeg er meget træt ", published <<1917 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2011-08-30
Line count: 16
Word count: 88

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