Ystävyyden kukka | Oi ystävyys, ihana kukka

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by Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906)

Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

Ack, vänskap ljufva blomma

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FIN FRE ITA

Ack, vänskap ljufva blomma, 
när alla mig förfölja, 
kom, smyg dig till mitt bröst!
Jag skall dig troget gömma, 
med tusen kyssar hölja, 
du lycka ger, och tröst. 

Ack, vänskap ljufva blomma, 
när mina dagar sluta 
och dödens köld mig når — 
då skall du säkert komma 
och af din balsam gjuta 
i mina hjärtesår!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Ernst Josephson, Svarta Rosor och Gula, C. & E. Gernandts Förlags Aktiebolag, Stockholm, 1901, page 101.

Text Authorship:

by Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906), "Ack, vänskap, ljufva blomma", appears in Svarta Rosor och Gula [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 Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Vänskapens blomma", op. 57 (8 sånger (Eight Songs)) no. 7 (1909) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English [singable] (Herbert Harper) , "Friendship"
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Ystävyyden kukka", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Fleur de l'amitié", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Theobald Rehbaum)
ITA Italian (Italiano) (Marco Giustini) (Filippa Löfström) , "O amicizia, dolce fiore", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 55

Ystävyyden kukka

Language: Finnish (Suomi) after the Swedish (Svenska)

Oi ystävyys, ihana kukka,
kun kaikki minua vainoavat,
tule, hiivi ja kätkeydy rintaani!
Minä piilotan sinut uskollisesti,
peitän tuhansin suudelmin,
sinä tuot onnea ja lohdutusta.

Oi ystävyys, ihana kukka,
kun päiväni päättyvät
ja kuoleman kylmyys saavuttaa minut,
tulet sinä varmaan
valamaan balsamiasi
sydämeni haavoihin.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to Finnish (Suomi) copyright © 2010 by Erkki Pullinen, (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 Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906), "Ack, vänskap, ljufva blomma", appears in Svarta Rosor och Gula
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-15
Line count: 12
Word count: 44