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by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862)

Nu vågne alle Guds fugle små
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Nu vågne alle Guds fugle små,
de flyve fra reden og sjunge. 
De prise Vorherre, så godt de formå:
De takke for livet og lyset med fløjtende tunge. 

Nu kvidrer svalen på kirketag,
og spurven ved menneskers huse. 
De synge: God morgen! De synge: God dag! 
De synge: Guds fred! Gud ske lov! Og i luften hensuse. 

Småfuglens sang Vorherre forstår,
han kender hver sjæl i sit rige. 
De fattiges lovsang han ikke forsmår,
han ser, hvad de målløse skabninger alle vil sige. 

Os ser du også, du kære Gud! 
du hører vor røst i din himmel. 
Når fuglene flagre af rederne ud,
du hører småbørnenes pris i din jublende vrimmel.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Bernhardt Severin Ingemann (1789 - 1862), first published 1837 [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 Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Morgensang", op. 9 (Seks Sange) no. 1 (1875), published 1879 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Christopher Ernst Friedrich Weyse (1774 - 1842), "Nu vågne alle Guds fugle små", 1837 [sung text checked 1 time]

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: 111

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