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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

När jag för mig själv
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  GER
När jag för mig själv
i mörka skogen går,
tänker jag på vännen,
som jag aldrig får.

Tåren börjar rinna,
hjärtat slå,
aldrig kan man glömma den,
man en gång hållit å'.

Ängar, berg och dal och skog
med fåglar små,
blåa himmelen
med klara stjärnor på,

allt vad havet gömmer,
pärlor och koraller,
svanedun av skum
och klaraste kristaller,

gräs och blommor all
och lindelöv på kvist,
allting gåve jag för vännen,
som jag mist,
lilla vännen kär
från barndomsdagar.

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs)  [author's text not yet checked 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 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "När jag för mig själv", op. 5 no. 1 (1892), from Fyra visor i svensk folkton, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wenn ich ganz allein", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 22
Word count: 81

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