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by Hans Vilhelm Kaalund (1818 - 1885)

Jeg elsker den brogede verden
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Jeg elsker den brogede verden
trods al dens nød og strid;
for mig er jorden skøn endnu
som i patriarkernes tid.

De snakke, som om den er gammel,
af synd og sorger mæt.
O nej, den flyver endnu i dans
om solen så ung og let!

Jeg har grædt, som andre, af smerte,
fordi min boble brast.
Men boblen er ikke verden;
læg verden det ej til last!

Var livet en dans på roser,
mon alt da var bedre end nu?
Hvis ej der var noget at kæmpe for,
hvad var da vel jeg og du?

Kamp må der til, skal livet gro,
ej kamp blot for dagligt brød,
men kamp for frihed i liv og tro -
thi evig stilstand er død!

Og derfor elsker jeg verden
trods al dens nød og strid;
for mig er jorden skøn endnu
som i patriarkernes tid.

Text Authorship:

  • by Hans Vilhelm Kaalund (1818 - 1885), first published 1877 [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 Thorvald Aagaard (1877 - 1937), "Jeg elsker den brogede verden", 1922. [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 143

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