Solitude | Ils sont peu nombreux dans le sable de la mer à comprendre ça

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by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ensamhet

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

De äro så få bland sanden i havet som förstå det.
Ensam har jag kommit, ensam skall jag gå.
Mitt fria hjärta har ingen broder.
Kristna spöken sitta i alla hjärtan och sträcka ut armodets händer.
Den sötma som strömmar till mig från alla håll är eder otillgänglig.
Det är tronens underbara ensamhet,
det är rikedomen, rikedomen som böjer knä.

Text Authorship:

by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Ensamhet", appears in Framtidens skugga, first published 1920 [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 Patrik Vidjeskog , "Ensamhet", op. 29 no. 1, first performed 2004 [soprano and piano], from Sångcykel till dikter av Edith Södergran, no. 1. [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Solitude", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-06-17
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Word count: 60

Solitude

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

Ils sont peu nombreux dans le sable de la mer à comprendre ça.
Seule je suis venue, seule je partirai.
Mon cœur libre n'a pas de frère.
L'esprit chrétien est dans tous les cœurs et tend des mains de misère.

La douceur qui coule vers moi de tous côtés vous est inaccessible.
C'est la prodigieuse solitude du trône,
c'est la richesse, la richesse qui plie le genou.

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a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Ensamhet", appears in Framtidens skugga, first published 1920
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-04
Line count: 7
Word count: 67