Nu lyser løv i lunde, grønt ligger Danmarks land. Imellem blanke sunde, et skjold med sølverrand. Frugtblomsters hvide pletter det rige, grønne felt, mens højt de lyse nætter slår ud sit sommertelt. Nu løses fugletunger af vinterdødens band, et solskinskor de sjunger i skovens frie land; - de kalder os, de stemmer, ud fra vor hverdagsbur, fjernt fra dets fangetremmer at finde dig, natur! Den frihed, som vi savner bag byens mur og tag, på åben mark vi favner en solglad junidag; så skære er dens kinder som æbleblomstens blad, og om dens hår sig vinder dugdråbers perlerad. Du lyse, friske sommer- Vor friheds unge brud, fra støv og støj vi kommer til fred og stilhed ud. Vort liv til lyst du vende på dagens solskinsfelt, og over os du spænde de lyse nætters telt!
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Carl Nielsen (1865 - 1931), "Nu lyser løv i lunde", FS 95 no. 19, CNW 256 (1921), published 1921 [ voice and piano ], from 20 Folkelige Melodier, no. 19, Copenhagen: Wilhelm Hansen [sung text checked 1 time]
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