Efterårssyn - Tekster / Lyrics
Skorstene
Tekst: Karoline Hausted
Jeg har glemt
alle mine sange
Det er vinter
Mine tanker er
skorstenes røg
Jeg har glemt
alle mine sange
Jeg har sendt
alle mine sange
(mine børn)
ud i sneen
alene
Feber
Tekst: Karoline Hausted
Det regned’ i nat, og vi lå vågne
Det er ikke som vi er blevet lovet!
Slag på taget, varselstromme
Ingen kender prisen, før krigen er omme
Det puslede i nat i husets mure
Søvndrukne blik på digitale ure
Skruer lidt på rummets termostat
Rastløs under nattens fermat
Liljer i november
Fugleunger i december
Alt for varm en januar
Insekter kryber ud i februar
Imorges var der dis og alt var stille
Kun motorvejens elend spilled’
Skoven: Jordens astmaramte lunge
Død for ordløs ugle, mus og ræveunge
Det flyder for mine øjne
Flyder med verdensherskerløgne
Mennesket kender kun sin egen tekst
Jorden kvalt i Ordet: ordet Vækst
Liljer i november
Fugleunger i december
Alt for varm en januar
Insekter kryber frem i februar
Blæs i Helvedes trompeter
Vores jord har fået feber
Dyrene forsvinder
Tekst: Karoline Hausted
Min datter siger
Hun ikke vil leve mere
Min datter går i terapi
Et rum at lukke sorgen ud i
En kirke på Vesterbro
En præst
Min datter ved
Men ord slår ikke til
Ubærlig viden
Æder sjæle op med tiden
Vestlig-verden-sikkerhed
Til trods
Skovene ser det
Fuglene synger om det
Fiskene drømmer om det
Insekterne bærer på det
Dyrene forsvinder
Jordens tavse vidner
Mennesket
er altings hovedpine
Min datter tror
På allerede brændte broer
Altings forbundethed
Misforstås med virksomhed
Klimaangsten blandt os bor
Døves af et manisk kor
Business as usual
Til sidst
Efterårssyn
Tekst: Karoline Hausted
Udkantsmorgen
Himlen i brunt leret vand
Suk fra svedne kroner
Sammenbidt, forslået land
Spar på dine kræfter
Du får brug for alt du kan
Til at suge skidtet op
Bløde det ud af din muldede krop
Lille spejl på vejen dér
Bag mig står en stivnet engel
Peger med et flammesværd
På blomstens blodige stængel
Hovede skilt fra krop
Decartes tegned’ stregen op
Men når du står der med din længsel
Kan skelne frihed fra fængsel
Så husk at det var Eva
Der sparked’ døren af hængslet
Resten af Hekate
Bor i dig nu
Og jordens smerte
Den får også du
Euclid
Tekst: Karoline Hausted
Vi stod lidt og kiggede på en myretue
i skoven, åndsfraværende
Så gik vi hjem og så de nye billeder
fra teleskopet Euclid
Det nye paradigme
efter Ptolemæus og Copernicus
kom da vi opdagede livet
i rummet, at de var der!
Og havde været der længe
at de kiggede på os
indimellem, lidt på afstand
og uden synderlig interesse
Men hvad så med vores kunst? jamrede vi
og sendte en ny kapsel ud
ladet med Wagner og så videre
Og drømte om at nogen ville fatte sympati
og komme forbi
Hvad byder vi uventede gæster?
Og vi rettede an med vores kolossale våben
Også en dag vil de kunne ses og høres
helt ude fra Hestehovedtågen
Sådan er det med lyd og ord
Ja, alt du synger og siger
Rejser som et spøgelsesskib
Og vil en dag nå Orion
Gør hvad I vil
Tekst: Nina Malinovski, 1990
Gør hvad I vil
/ og kan og må /
men skån edderkoppen
i sit morgenspind /
Myren i sin katedral
/ og rottens katakomber
/ Skån træet /
vinden / og havet /
Lad tigeren leve
i sit spring
/ og antilopen i sin flugt
/ Og mennesket
mennesket
i sit skrøbelige hus
Skån mennesket
Teksten er et uddrag af Nina Malinovskis digt “Civilisationens børn” fra værket “Det er så enkelt”, Saga, 1990. Benyttet med tilladelse fra forfatteren.
Ryst mig
Tekst: Karoline Hausted
Hylden lo, da du jog forbi
En dag i september
Hahahaha, men kvinde
som du dog kæmper
Kom sæt dig her ved mine gamle rødder
Og du fik et chok da stemmen brød
igennem dine tanker
Hahahaha, mod vinden
kan du kappes længe
Stop nu de travle fødder
Og duften i luften
Æblesød (kvalmende)
Det vilde æbletræ der råbte:
Ryst mig (ryst mig)!
Lad det rådne, var mit svar
Ak, hvad hjertet det er fuld af
Og jeg er ingen Mor Hulda
Hylden lo og tog din hånd
og trak dig ind med sine grene
Hvor længe kan du løbe fra dit ubehag, alene
og lade træet sukke!
Mørket er sultent og leder altid efter
noget det kan slukke
og fortære
Min lære: din foræring
Forstå nu blot at frugten der falder
ej er spildt, men din næring!
Ryst mig! Ryst mig!
Og jeg hørte det vilde æbletræ
Ryst mig! Ryst mig!
Og jeg rysted’ det vilde æbletræ
Ryst mig! Ryst mig!
Og jeg rysted’ det vilde æbletræ
Tak for dét
Tekst: Morten Nielsen, 1943
Tak for dét - at du ingenting var
uden et Træ og grønt Græs ved dets Fod.
Kun var et levende Væsen af Varme
med Træets, Græssets og Mørkets
Kraft i dit Menneskeblod.
Tak for dét - at du ingenting sae
kun var en Duft som af sundt ungt Blod
og kun var en Skulder i Mørket.
Kun var et Træ og grønt Græs ved dets Fod
til at lægge sin brændende Pande imod.
Du tog imod den Gråd, som jeg græd den Nat,
forrådte mig ikke med Tegn eller Ord.
Du modtog den tavs og usynlig den Nat
så ligetil som om den var en Kilde
og du var den sorte Jord.
Morten Nielsens digt “Tak for dét” er fra samlingen:
“Krigere uden Vaaben”, Athenæum, 1943
Værket er fri af ophavsret
Viriditas
Tekst: Karoline Hausted
Leger på jorden
i en glasklokke
Drejer om solens
grønne flamme
Svæver over bjerget
En strålende by
Cirkler af munde
Det levende lys
Modige ild
Hjerte og hånd
Liv i liv
Hellige pust
Sofias ånd
Sofias ånd
Sofias ånd
Sofia
Lys for alt i verden
Dit levende lys
Vågner af søvnen
Husker omsider
En sang
Søster
Tekst: Karoline Hausted
Søster
Ud af jorden
Forlad dit sprog
Træd ind i et nyt
For at dø
Frøet gemt
Alt at fortælle
Lyset høres indeni
Som da du var barn
Og hørte musikken for første gang
Og træer og blomster svang
i takt til planeternes hvisken
Klokker, klare som glas
Krystaller, hvinende is
Lyn henover jorden
Du mærkede det på din egen hud
Sitrende. Elektrisk. Stof.
Det lyser fra dybet
Evigt spændte strenge
Der kaldes på dig
Diana
Inanna
Isis
Hera
Eva
Maria
Brigid
Meera
Asteria
Freja
Lakshmi
Qan Yin
Hildegard
Placida
Mary Beth
Marisa
Ingrid
Louise
Else
Christine
Dorothy
Jeanne
Ayaan
Malala
Sofia
Hannah
Therese
Joni
Maudie
Astrid
Wendy
Ronja
Anja
Henriette
Hanne
Carla
Naja
Lucy
Ithell
Remedios…
Søster, datter, moder, veninde
Mens sneen smelter, byer vælter
Da løfter vi hende
Dybets gudinde
Tilbage
Ind i jordens katedral
Endnu
Tekst: Birthe Arnbak
Nu flokkes Sommerens Fugle
i Høstens Rønnebær
kvidrende, mens de æder
sig mætte i Sol og Læ.
Som var det Træ mit Hjerte
sanser jeg Vingernes Slag,
mærker jeg Næbbenes Nappen
og Solens Varme i Dag.
Endnu een Dag, før Stormen
jager dem alle på Flugt,
endnu een Dag er tjenlig
min strålende røde Frugt.
Birthe Arnbaks digt “Endnu” er fra samlingen: “Det vilde Æbletræ”, Gyldendal 1957. Benyttet med tilladelse fra forlaget.
EFTERÅRSSYN / “Autumn Vision” by Karoline Hausted
Danish lyrics roughly translated to English by KH (July 2025)
Chimneys
Lyrics: Karoline Hausted
I have forgotten all my songs
I have forgotten all my songs
It is winter
My thoughts are
the smoke from chimneys
I have forgotten all my songs
I have sent all my songs
(My children)
Out into the snow
Alone
Fever
Lyrics: Karoline Hausted
It rained last night and we lay awake
It is not as we were promised!
Tapping on the roof, a warning drum
No one knows the price until the war is over
There was some scurrying sounds in the walls last night
Sleepy glances at digital clocks
Turning the dial on the room's thermostat
Restless during the night's fermata
Lilies in November
Baby birds in December
Way too hot for January
Insects crawl out in February
This morning there was haze and everything was quiet
Only the misery of the highway played
The forest: Earth's asthmatic lung
Death for wordless owl, mouse and fox cub
Floating before my eyes
Overflowing with world ruler lies
Man only knows his own text
The earth suffocated in the Word: the word Growth
Lilies in November
Baby birds in December
Way too hot for January
Insects crawl out in February
Blow the trumpets of Hell
Our earth has caught a fever
The Animals are Disappearing
Lyrics: Karoline Hausted
My daughter says
She doesn't want to live anymore
My daughter goes to therapy
A room to let out her grief
A church on Vesterbro
A priest
My daughter knows
But words don't suffice
Unbearable knowledge
Eats up souls over time
In spite of
Western-world security
The forests see it
The birds sing about it
The fish dream about it
The insects carry it
The animals are disappearing
The silent witnesses of the earth
Man is the headache of everything
My daughter believes
In already burned bridges
The interconnectedness of everything
Misunderstood with business
The climate anxiety lives among us
Deafened by a manic choir
In the end
Business as usual
Autumn Vision
Lyrics: Karoline Hausted
Morning on the outskirts
The sky in brown, muddy water
Sighs from scorched crowns
bitter, bruised land
Save your strength
You'll need all of it
To suck up the dirt
Bleed it out of your earth body
Little mirror on the road
Behind me stands a stalled angel
Pointing with a flaming sword
At the bloody stem of the flower
Head separated from body
Descartes drew up the line
As you stand there with your longing
Can tell freedom from prison
Then remember that it was Eve
That kicked the door in
The rest of Hekate
Lives in you now
And the pain of the Earth
is yours, too
Euclid
Lyrics: Karoline Hausted
We stood for a while looking at an anthill
in the forest, absent-minded
Then we went home and saw the new images
from the Euclid telescope
The new paradigm after Ptolemy and Copernicus
came when we discovered life in space,
that they were there!
And had been there for a long time
that they were looking at us occasionally, a little
from a distance
and without particular interest
But what about our art? we wailed
and sent out a new capsule
loaded with Wagner and so on
And dreamed that someone would take pity and come by
What do we offer unexpected guests?
And we prepared with our colossal weapons
One day they too
will be seen and heard
all the way out from the Horsehead Nebula
That's how it is with sound and words
Yes, everything you sing and say
Travels like a ghost ship
And will one day reach Orion
Do What You Want
Lyrics: Nina Malinovski, 1990
Do what you want
and can and must
but spare the spider in its morning web
The ant in its cathedral
and the rat's catacombs
Spare the tree
the wind
and the sea
Let the tiger live in its leap
and the antelope in its flight
And man
man in his fragile house
Spare man
The text is an excerpt from Nina Malinovski's poem “Children of Civilization” from the work “It's So Simple”, Saga, 1990. Used with permission from the author.
Shake Me
Lyrics: Karoline Hausted
The elder-berry tree laughed as you ran by
One day in September
Hahahaha, but woman how you struggle
Come sit here by my old roots
And you had a shock
when the voice broke through your thoughts
Hahahaha, against the wind you can race for a long time
Now, stop those busy feet
And the scent in the air
Apple sweetness (nausea)
The wild apple tree that cried: Shake me (shake me)!
Let it rot, was my answer
Oh, what a heart it is full of
And I am no Mother Hulda
The elder-berry laughed and took your hand
and pulled you in with its branches
How long can you run from your discomfort, alone
and let the tree sigh!
The darkness is hungry and always looking for something it can quench and consume
My lesson: your gift
Now just understand that the fruit that falls is not wasted, but your nourishment!
Shake me! Shake me! And I heard the wild apple tree
Shake me! Shake me! And I shook the wild apple tree
Thank You For That
Tekst: Morten Nielsen, 1943
Thank you for that -
that you were nothing but a tree
and green grass at its foot.
Only a living being of warmth with the power of the tree,
the grass and the darkness in your human blood.
Thank you for that - that you said nothing
Were only a scent as of healthy young blood and were only a shoulder in the darkness. Only a tree and green grass at its foot
to rest one’s burning forehead against.
You received the cry that I cried that night,
not betraying me with signs or words.
You received it silently and invisibly that night
as straightforward as if it were a spring and you were the black earth.
Morten Nielsen's poem “Thank you for that” is from the collection: “Warriors without Weapons”, Athenæum, 1943. The work is free of copyright.
Viriditas
Lyrics: Karoline Hausted
Playing on the Earth
in a glass bell
Rotating around
the sun's green flame
Hovering over the mountain
A radiant city
Circles of mouths
The living light
Brave fire
Heart and hand
Life in life
Holy breath
Sofia's spirit
Sofia's spirit
Sofia's spirit
Sofia
Shine for everything in the world
Your living light
Waking from sleep
Finally remembering
A song
Sister
Lyrics: Karoline Hausted
Sister
Out of the earth
Leave your language
Step into a new one
To die
The seed hidden
Everything to tell
The light is heard inside
Like when you were a child
And heard the music for the first time
And trees and flowers swayed in time with the whisper of the planets
Bells, clear as glass
Crystals, singing like ice
Lightning across the earth
You felt it on your own skin
Twirling. Electric. Fabric.
It shines from the depths
Eternally tense strings
You are called
Diana
Inanna
Isis
Hera
Eva
Maria
Brigid
Meera
Asteria
Freja
Lakshmi
Qan Yin
Hildegard
Placida
Mary Beth
Marisa
Ingrid
Louise
Else
Christine
Dorothy
Jeanne
Ayaan
Malala
Sofia
Hannah
Therese
Joni
Maudie
Astrid
Wendy
Ronja
Anja
Henriette
Hanne
Carla
Naja
Lucy
Ithell
Remedios…
Sister, daughter, mother, friend
While the snow melts, cities fall
Then we lift her
Goddess of the deep
Back into the cathedral of the earth
Still
Lyrics: Birthe Arnbak
Now the birds of summer are flocking
in the rowanberries of autumn
chirping, while they eat their fill
in sun and shelter.
As if the tree were my heart
I sense the beat of the wings,
I feel the snap of the beaks
and the warmth of the sun today.
One more day, before the storm
drives them all into flight,
one more day is useful
my brilliant red fruit.
Birthe Arnbak's poem "Endnu" is from the collection: "Det vilde Æbletræ", Gyldendal 1957. Used with permission from the publisher.