To a Devil (Benzon, set by E. Grieg) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


I tell you, if an angel in paradise you were,
I'd go to his Allmightness and crave admission there.
And if he would not have me
and dared to cast me forth
i'd drag you down from heaven
and set you on the earth.

But now you are a devil and that is passing well,
for can I manage nothing else,
then I can go to hell.
The Lord may keep his paradise,
may keep his angels too.
I only care for devils, when the devils are like you.

Authorship

Otto Benzon (1856-1927)

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

Edvard Grieg (1843-1907)

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