Name: Diktens Ära
Duration: P00H03M38S
Description: Musik av Jon-Olov Woxlin

Diktens Ära

from Hill by Jon-Olov Woxlin

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Diktens ära, från de höga
rika vida stolta salar,
se till mig med vänsällt öga
neder uti gröna dalar.

Opp till fästet barden höjer
sviktande de unga händer,
bedjande i lundar dröjer
hämtar för sin tanke bränder.

Stolthet sväller i hans sinne,
och han lärde lycklig vara,
sjunga tro och hopp och minne,
drömma fröjd och sällhet, bara

Under blåa fästet svärma
om sin goda friska styrka,
gömma sig vid mod och värma,
frid och alla känslor dyrka

Så den rike skaldens levnad
är i sommarns ljusa dagar
blott en gyllne silkesvävnad
av vad själen mest behagar:

Uti sköna tankar sväva
drömmande om snillets ära,
lyster guld och silke väva,
dyra purpurmantlar bära

Endast hånets usla stämma,
väsande ur träd och buska,
för att sångens örnar skrämma,
ropande ur varje ruska.

Hatets usla smäden skrävlar,
skriar åsnelikt i lunden,
med sin egen låghet tävlar
för att fläcka sångarn munden.

Skräller liksom trummor fala,
få den sköna konst förstöra,
grusa ned det ideala,
icke varningsröster höra!

Usla Hydra som befaller,
slika långa andens timmar
som när bakom fängselgaller
konstnärns öga mer ej glimmar...

Dig skall barden nederslunga
djupast uti straffets kammar,
såg du hatets vågor gunga,
slår dig hämndens hårda hammar!

Onda tanke över tiden,
hatets agg mot vittra lekar,
ännu blossar konstnärsiden
brinna sångens dyra vekar

Straffet alla offer hämtar
blott det får de låga söka,
klockan ifrån tornet klämtar,
brottet vill sig själv föröka

Text av Carl Fredrik Hill

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