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Längtan heter min arvedel, slottet i saknadens dalar. Sakta ett underligt strängaspel tonar igenom dess salar. Säg, vadan kväller du, klagande ström, djupt ur de skumma gemaken, du som mig sjunger om [dagen]1 i dröm, sjunger om natten mig vaken? Vem är den själ som i suck och i ton andas från hemliga strängar, ljuvligt som doften från humlornas bon flyter på gulnande ängar? Somrarna blekna och solar gå ner, timmarna varda mig tunga, rosorna dofta i vissna kvarter, minnena viska och sjunga. Klinga, du klagande strängaspel, sällskap i drömmande salar! Längan heter min arvedel, slottet i saknadens dalar.
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Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Erik Fritiof Fordell (1917 - 1981), "Längtan heter min arvedel", op. 95 no. 2 (1954) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oskar Fredrik Lindberg (1887 - 1955), "Längtan heter min arfvedel", 1933 [ voice and orchestra or piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Längtan heter min arvedel", op. 21 no. 1 (1903) [ voice and piano ], from Nya sånger = New songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Längtan heter min arvedel", 1910, from Fridolins lustgård, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Längtan heter min arvedel", op. 86 (6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 2 (1916) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kaipuu on minun perintöosani", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Sehnsucht heißt es, mein Erbeteil", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 100
Sehnsucht heißt es, mein Erbeteil, Schloss in sich sehnenden Tälern. Sachte ein seltsames Saitenspiel freudlos ertönt in den Sälen. Sag, warum sprudelst du, klagender Strom tief aus den düstern Gemächern? Du, der am Tage mich singt in den Traum, lässt mich des Nachts auch erwachen? Wer ist die Seel´, die mit seufzendem Ton, atmet aus heimlichen Saiten? Lieblich die Düfte aus Grashummels Bau, über das Herbstland sich breiten. Sommer verblassen und Sonnen verglühn, zäher die Stunden verrinnen, welkenden Ros´gärten Düfte entfliehn, Rückblicke wispern und singen. Klinge, du klagendes Saitenspiel, Freund mir in träumenden Sälen! Sehnsucht heißt es, mein Erbeteil, Schloss, in sich sehnenden Tälern.
Note: the translator would like to acknowledge the kind help of Willi Grigor for this translation.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2016 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864 - 1931)
This text was added to the website: 2016-10-23
Line count: 20
Word count: 104