Sorrento, än i grönt och ljus
Du ler med dina hvita hus,
Som solen kysser varm.
    Sorrento-loft,
    Sorrento-doft,
Oranger under fönsterkarm!

An lunden full af blomstersnö
Sig skådar i violblå sjö
Och skuggar nymfens bad.
    Sorrento-lek,
    Sorrento-smek,
Sefirers spel med våg och blad!

Än drömma toner utan tal
I vind, i strå, bland berg och dal,
Ett ord kan väcka dem.
    Sorrento bo,
    Sorrento-ro,
Sorrento, hjertats sommarhem!

Confirmed with Dikter af Carl Snoilsky, Tredje Samlingen, Stockholm: Jos. Seligmann & C:is Förlag, [1884], pages 174-175.

Text Authorship:

• by Carl Johan Gustaf Snoilsky (1841 - 1903), "Åter i Sorrento" [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 Helena Munktell (1852 - 1919), "Åter i Sorrento", published 1883? [ voice and piano ], from Fyra sånger, no. 3, Stockholm, Huss & Beer [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in English, a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Maude Valérie White.
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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Maude Valérie White.
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