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by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862)

Den skønne jordens sol gik ned
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Our translations:  FRE
Den skønne jordens sol gik ned,
men stjerneskarerne funkle. 
En større verdens herlighed
nedglimter nu i det dunkle. 

Al verden som en kirke stor
bag sky sig hvælver foroven,
i templets krog Guds grønne jord
er skjult som et blad fra skoven. 

På mindste blad i største skov
har glade skabninger hjemme,
hvor liv sig rører til Guds lov,
det mindste han ej vil glemme. 

Gud! i din hånd alt stort er småt,
men kært det mindste tillige. 
Den barnesjæl er bjærget godt,
som skjuler sig i dit rige!

Text Authorship:

  • by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862), first published 1838 [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 Christopher Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774 - 1842), "Den skønne jordens sol gik ned", 1838. [chorus] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Le beau soleil de la terre s'est couché", 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: 16
Word count: 89

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