Changée | Autrefois j'étais réprimandée toute la journée

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by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Den förändrade.

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

Fordom fick jag bannor hela dagen,
Än satt spensen vårdslöst, än satt kragen,
Än var håret fästadt opp mot regeln,
Aldrig hölls jag länge nog vid spegeln.
Nu har allt förbytt sig! "Säg, hur är dig.
Flicka, då du aldrig vill bli färdig?
Hur du städar dig! Det är förskräckligt!
Har du än ej speglat dig tillräckligt?" --
Är mitt arma sinne då förtrolladt?
Hvem kan väl en sådan vexling vållat?
Ingen, svarar tyst mitt hjerta, ingen,
Om ej ynglingen, kanske, och ringen.

Text Authorship:

by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Den förändrade", 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 John [Jacques] Jacobsson (1835 - 1909), "Den förändrade.", op. 19 (Fyra sånger) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Changée", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2008-09-01
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Changée

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

Autrefois j'étais réprimandée toute la journée,
négligemment ajustée, c'était tantôt la veste, tantôt le col,
tantôt les cheveux relevés en désordre,
je ne restais jamais bien longtemps devant le miroir.
Maintenant tout a changé ! « Dis, comment fais-tu,
jeune fille, pour ne jamais être prête ?
Comme tu t'arranges ! C'est terrible !
Ne t'es-tu pas suffisamment regardée dans le miroir ?
Mon pauvre esprit est-il donc ensorcelé ?
Qui peut être la cause d'un tel changement?
Personne, répond mon cœur en silence, personne,
Si ce n'est un jeune homme, peut-être, et un anneau.

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a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Den förändrade", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-23
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Word count: 89