VALDEMAR
 Herre, véd du, hvad du gjorde.
 Da du Tove fra mig tog?
 Véd du, at det var mit sidste
 Fristed, hvorfra du mig jog?
 Herre, rødmer du ej af Skam,
 Det var den Fattiges eneste Lam !
 Herre, jeg er ogsaa Hersker,
 Jeg har lært paa Kongestol,
 Man fra sine Undersaatter
 Ta'r ej sidste Glimt af Sol.
 Herre, du er paa vilse Vej,
 Saadan vel knuser, men hersker man ej !
 Herre, dine Englehære
 Fylde Øret dig med Lov,
 Ingen Ven du har, der dadler,
 Naar du Dadel har Behov.
 Ak, og ingen er altid klar,
 Herre, lad mig derfor være din Nar!

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Confirmed with J. P. Jacobsen Udvalgte Digte, Gyldendalske Boghandel, Nordisk Vorlag, Kjøbenhavn og Kristiana, 1919

Text Authorship:

• by Jens Peter Jacobsen (1847 - 1885), no title, appears in Gurresange, no. 7 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Robert Franz Arnold (originally Levisohn) (1872 - 1938) ; composed by Arnold Franz Walter Schoenberg.
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