Det flyger en fågel svart och stum. Vem binder hans öde? Ingen. Han flyger i världens vida rum med ångestens vind i vingen. Har ej rede att värma sig i. Har ej värn eller viloställen. Min längtan susar skugglikt förbi din brinnande ruta i kvällen. Så blek i månskenets bleka ljus du stryker en dröm från din panna. Nu sover ditt stora tysta hus. Mitt öde kan icke stanna. Det är skyar som fara och flarn på flykt över dunkla vatten - vi längtans fåglar, vi orons barn, vi susande vingar i natten!
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Text Authorship:
- by Bo Bergman (1869 - 1967) [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 Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Vingar i natten", 1917, from Fem dikter, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
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