Le triomphe d'exister encore | Que me faut-il craindre ?

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by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Vad fruktar jag?

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

Vad fruktar jag?
Jag är en del utav oändligheten.
Jag är en del av alltets stora kraft,
en ensam värld inom miljoner världar,
en första gradens stjärna lik som slocknar sist.

Triumf att leva, triumf att andas,
triumf att finnas till!
Triumf att känna tiden iskall rinna genom sina ådror
och höra nattens tysta flod
och stå på berget under solen.

Jag går på sol, jag står på sol,
jag vet av ingenting annat än sol, sol.

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Text Authorship:

by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Triumf att finnas till", appears in Septemberlyran, first published 1918 [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 Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), "Vad fruktar jag? ", op. 87 no. 3 (1978) [soprano, flute, and percussion], from Triumf att finnas till, no. 3. [
text verified 1 time
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Le triomphe d'exister encore", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-10-27
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Word count: 77

Le triomphe d'exister encore

Language: French (Français) after the Swedish (Svenska)

Que me faut-il craindre ?
Je suis une partie de l'infini.
Je suis une partie de la grande force du tout,
un monde isolé au milieu de millions de mondes,
une étoile de première grandeur qui s'éteint la dernière.

Triomphe de vivre, triomphe de respirer,
triomphe d'exister encore !
Triomphe de savoir le temps glacé couler dans ses veines
et entendre la rivière silencieuse de la nuit
et être debout sur la montagne sous le soleil.

Je vais au soleil, je me tiens au soleil,
je ne connais rien d'autre que le soleil.

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Based on:

a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Triumf att finnas till", appears in Septemberlyran, first published 1918
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 91