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Hon spirade upp vid korsets fot på enslig grav, ett brustet hjärta åt hennes rot sin livssaft gav. Hon blickade ljuvligt, hon nickade täckt med tårstänkt kalk för nattlig vind: den bleka purpurn i hennes dräkt har skimrat förr på en flickas kind. Det lästes en gåta i ungmöns blick, som snart var stoft; en yngling vid graven tydningen fick i blommans doft.
Confirmed with Viktor Rydberg, Dikter, Atlantis, Stockholm, 1996, page 44.
Text Authorship:
- by Viktor Rydberg (1828 - 1895), "En blomma", appears in Dikter, first published 1914 [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 (Johan) Andreas Hallén (1846 - 1925), "En blomma", published 1899 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Alf Hurum (1882 - 1972), "En blomma", op. 11 (Sanger) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Leevi Antti Madetoja (1887 - 1947), "En blomma", op. 13 (Sekakuorolauluja = Songs for Mixed Choir) no. 1 (1910), first performed 1911 [ mixed chorus ], also set in Finnish (Suomi) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ernest Pingoud (1887 - 1942), "En blomma", op. 11 (Fyra sånger) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Albert Runbäck (1894 - 1974), "En blomma", 1917, rev. 1970 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolf Wiklund (1879 - 1950), "En blomma", 1899 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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- Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Heikki Klemetti (1876 - 1953) ; composed by Leevi Antti Madetoja.
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- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Une fleur", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-24
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Word count: 63
Elle poussait au pied de la croix sur une tombe isolée, un cœur brisé donnait à ses racines la sève de la vie. Elle était exquise, elle hochait gracieusement la tête, le calice éclaboussé de larmes face au vent de la nuit : la pourpre pâle de sa toilette brillait naguère sur la joue d'une jeune fille. On avait senti un mystère dans le regard de la vierge qui rapidement devint poussière ; un jeune homme près de la tombe en eut la clé dans le parfum de la fleur.
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- Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to French (Français) copyright © 2015 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 Viktor Rydberg (1828 - 1895), "En blomma", appears in Dikter, first published 1914
This text was added to the website: 2015-02-04
Line count: 12
Word count: 88