Jag är ett träd

Jag är ett träd, som lofvat godt och säkert hållit vid,
om storm ej plundrat mig på blad midt i min sommars tid.

Nu sträcker nakna grenar jag förtviflad opp mot skyn,
fast allt omkring bär sommarns färg och ter en härlig syn.

O, när skall jag mig dölja få, när unnas jag att dö?
O, hvad jag längtar efter dig, du kalla, hvita snö!

Translation(s): ENG FIN FRE GER GER

List of language codes

Confirmed with Ernst Josephson, Svarta Rosor och Gula, C. & E. Gernandts Förlags Aktiebolag, Stockholm, 1901, page 132.

Submitted by Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

Authorship

• by Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906), "Jag är ett träd", appears in Svarta Rosor och Gula [ author's text checked 1 time]

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

• by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Jag är ett träd", 1911 [voice and piano], from Fyra dikter = Vier Gedichte, no. 3, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]
• by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Jag är ett träd", op. 57 (8 sånger (Eight Songs)) no. 5 (1909). [ sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation possibly by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947) ENG FIN FRE by Ture Rangström.
  • Go to the text.
    

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

• ENG English [singable] (Herbert Harper) , "The tree"
• FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Minä olen puu", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Je suis un arbre", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
• GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Theobald Rehbaum) , "Der kahle Baum"

Text added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.

Gentle Reminder

This website began in 1995 as a personal project, and I have been working on it full-time without a salary since 2008. Our research has never had any government or institutional funding, so if you found the information here useful, please consider making a donation. Your gift is greatly appreciated.      - Emily Ezust

Der kahle Baum

Ich stand im Walde, dicht belaubt, ein frischer, junger Baum;
der wilde Sturm hat mir geraubt den Schmuck, gewonnen kaum.
 
Nun streck' ich traurig in die Luft die Zweige, nackt und kahl,
wo rings voll Glanz und Blütenduft und grün sind Berg und Tal.
 
O, könnt' ich doch verstecken mich! Wo find' ich endlich Ruh'?
O, Winter, wie ersehn' ich dich! Du deckst mich tröstend zu.

Note: from the Sibelius score.

Submitted by Harry Joelson

Authorship

• Singable translation by Theobald Rehbaum (1835 - 1918), "Der kahle Baum" [ author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

• a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906), "Jag är ett träd", appears in Svarta Rosor och Gula ENG FIN FRE
• This text was set to music by the following composer(s): Ture Rangström, Jean Sibelius. Go to the text.

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

[ None yet in the database ]

Text added to the website: 2009-03-19 00:00:00.
Last modified: 2014-09-16 12:39:14
Line count: 6
Word count: 66