by Viktor Rydberg (1828 - 1895)
Vattenplask
Language: Swedish (Svenska)
Invid palatsen lagunens vatten melodiskt skvalpar i sommarnatten. En solbrynt gosse i sliten kappa behagligt hvilar på dogens trappa. Och böljan hviskar invid den lille som något hemligt hon säga ville: "Se kungasonen! Se gudars like! Men skall han ärfva sitt kungarike? Hur än vi vandra kring världens länder, vid hafvets kuster, vid floders stränder, vi ana furstar, där barn vi blicke, men vuxna kungar vi finna icke."
Confirmed with Viktor Rydberg, Dikter, Atlantis, Stockholm, 1996, page 46.
Text Authorship:
- by Viktor Rydberg (1828 - 1895), "Vattenplask" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Moses Pergament (1893 - 1977), "Vattenplask", 1916 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ernest Pingoud (1887 - 1942), "Vattenplask", op. 11 (Fyra sånger) no. 2 (1922-3), published 1925 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Vattenplask", op. 61 (8 sånger (Eight Songs)) no. 2 (1910) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le clapotis de l'eau", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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