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by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862)

Fred hviler over land og by
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Our translations:  FRE
Fred hviler over land og by
ej verden larmer mer:
fro smiler månen til sin sky
til stjerne stjerne ser.

Og søen blank og rolig står
med himlen i sin favn
på dammen fjerne vogter går
og lover Herrens navn.

Det er så stille og så tyst
i himmel og på jord
vær også stille i mit bryst
du flygtning, som dér boer.

Slut fred, o hjerte, med hver sjæl
som her dig ej forstår!
Se, over by og dal i kvæld
en fredens engel går.

Som Du han er en fremmed her:
til Himlen står hans hu
dog i det stille stjerneskær
han dvæler her som du.

O, lær af ham din aftensang
Fred med hver sjæl på jord
Til samme himmel går vor gang,
adskilles end vort spor.

Fred med hvert hjerte fjern og nær
som uden ro må slå.
Fred med de få, som mig har kær
og dem, jeg aldrig så!

Text Authorship:

  • by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862), first published 1823 [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 Rudolph Bay (1791 - 1856), "Fred hviler over land og by", 1827. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]
  • by Thomas Linneman Laub (1852 - 1927), "Fred hviler over land og by", 1922. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "La paix s'étend sur ville et campagne", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 28
Word count: 155

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