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Allena var jag, han kom allena; förbi min bana hans bana ledde. Han dröjde icke, men tänkte dröja, han talte icke, men ögat talte. Du obekante, du välbekante! En dag försvinner, ett år förflyter, det ena minnet det andra jagar; den korta stunden blev hos mig evigt, den bittra stunden, den ljuva stunden.
Text Authorship:
- by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Den enda stunden", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram [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), "Den enda stunden", op. 33 no. 6 (1949) [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Carl Ludvig Lithander (1773 - 1843), "Den enda stunden" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Oskar Merikanto (1868 - 1924), "Den enda stunden", op. 36 (3 Laulua) no. 1 (1899) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Den enda stunden", 1917, published 1948 [ voice and piano ], from Idyll, no. 12, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947) ; composed by Ture Rangström.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'heure unique", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2003-12-07
Line count: 18
Word count: 53
J'étais seule, il vint seul ; près de ma route menait sa route. Il ne s'attarda pas, mais pensait s'attarder, il ne parla pas mais son œil parlait. Toi, l'inconnu, toi, le bien connu ! Un jour s'écoule, une année passe, ce souvenir là, un autre le chasse ; cette heure fugace est à jamais en moi, cette heure amère, cette heure douce.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Den enda stunden", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram
This text was added to the website: 2013-12-09
Line count: 18
Word count: 60
