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by Johan Holm Hansen (1841 - 1920)

Ved Rokken
Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Available translation(s):  ENG
Rundt, rundt, rundt! 
I en Ring gaar det Hele omkring
mellem Vuggen og Graven med Sving. 
Gaar det op, gaar det ned, 
men jeg trøster mig med 
jeg har vundet, naar haardest jeg stred. 

Rundt, rundt, rundt! 
Jeg forgaar, dersom stille jeg staar, 
og mit Hjul i en Traad ikke gaar. 
Heller briste af Slid 
i den knapmaalte Tid
end at tæres af Rust og af Nid. 

Rundt, rundt, rundt!
I en Ring gaar det Hele omkring 
mellem Vuggen og Graven med Sving
gaar det ned eller op, 
gaar det rundt som en Top, 
til det brister saa siger det stop!

Text Authorship:

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

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

  • ENG English (Mark DeGarmeaux) , "At the spinning wheel", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Michael Jorgensen

This text was added to the website: 2013-09-06
Line count: 18
Word count: 102