Oslo tonight, where between a 100-150,000 took to the streets to commemorate the victims of Friday´s terror attack
During a ceremony the song accompanying the following video of a march in Trondheim, Kringsat af fjender, was sung. It is a poem, To Youth, by Nordahl Grieg, written in 1936.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09lzd_t06qYTo youth by Nordahl Grieg
Enemies near and by,
threatening your right!
Under a storm of blood -
You have to fight!
Might you then ask in fear,
unarmed and open:
how shall I combat them,
what is my weapon?
Here is your shelter strong,
here is your sword:
faith in mankind,
and in everyone's worth.
For all the future holds,
seek this and tend it.
Die, if you have to, but:
deepen, extend it!
Silent the bullets glide
all through the night.
Use all your strength and love,
stop deadly flight!
War is contempt for life.
Peace is creating.
Add forces to the strife:
death shall be beaten!
Love - and enrich with dreams -
greatness of old!
Challenge unknown terrain -
truth will be told.
Works not yet being built,
stars never seen -
reveal them through rescued lives,
able and keen!
Noble is everyone,
earth, rich and sweet!
Hunger and suffering,
caused by deceit.
Crush it! In life's own name
injustice shall fall.
Light, bread and love and hope,
birth right of all.
Forcing all weapons down,
warfare shall cease!
Shielding man's dignity
creating true peace.
Who by his right hand's side
carries a burden,
precious and dear to him,
can never murder.
This is our promise,
from kin to kin:
cherish our fragile Earth,
it's ours to win.
We will protect and keep
beauty and grace -
as if we held a child
in tender embrace!
Nordahl Grieg
(1902-1943)
Johan Nordahl Brun Grieg was born into a prestigious Norwegian family. He was related to the famous composer, Edvard Grieg, and his family owned a large publishing firm. Born in 1902, Grieg was a poet, novelist, dramatist and journalist. When the Germans invaded Norway, he escaped to England, on the same ship carrying the Norwegian Royal family. Prior to the war his poetry was anti-fascist and pro-communist. Because of his strong stand against German occupation of Norway he became better known, and was a hero for many. He joined with British forces to oppose the Nazis, and was killed during an air raid against Berlin in 1943. His poetry is still popular in Norway.