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Över drivans iskristall bländar solen vårligt. Våren själv, som komma skall kommer ovillkorligt. Granen skakar av sig snön, tallen börjar drömma, och den lilla, djupa sjön känner källor strömma. Luften ligger löftesrik som en sommardager över frusen insjövik, lovar och bedrager. Ännu går ett månvarv om innan drivan svunnit, innan gäddan lägger rom, innan våren vunnit. Ännu spelar orren öm ännu bär ej skaren, fängslad ligger dalens ström och helt vit är haren. Men på drivan är det fest, i demanteglitter redan på dess bräm som gäst våren, våren sitter!
Confirmed with Dikter af Karl A. Tavaststjerna, Wentzel Hagelstams Förlag, Helsingfors, 1896, page 111.
Text Authorship:
- by Karl August Tavaststjerna (1860 - 1898), "Vårförnimmelser" [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 Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Vårförnimmelser", op. 86 (6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 1 (1916) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kevättunteita", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Impressions de printemps", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Frühlingsahnen", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-15
Line count: 24
Word count: 90
Sur les cristaux d'un amas de glace le soleil du printemps éblouit. Le printemps lui-même quand il vient, arrive sans concession. Le sapin secoue sa neige, le pin se prend à rêver, et le petit lac profond ressent les sources du courant. L'air est riche de promesses, pareil à une lumière d'été, sur la baie gelée du lac, il promet et déçoit. Il faudra encore une lunaison avant que la glace n'ait disparu, avant que le brochet ne fraye, avant que le printemps ne triomphe. Encore une fois le tétras lyre joue tendrement encore une fois la croûte de neige ne porte plus, le torrent de la vallée reste emprisonné et le lièvre est tout blanc. Mais c'est la fête sur le tas de glace, dans le scintillement des diamants déjà sur son rebord, un invité, le printemps, le printemps est assis !
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 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 Karl August Tavaststjerna (1860 - 1898), "Vårförnimmelser"
This text was added to the website: 2014-12-04
Line count: 24
Word count: 142