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by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Sommarnatten
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  ENG FIN FRE
På den lugna skogssjöns vatten
Satt jag hela sommarnatten,
Och för böljans tropp, ur båten,
Slängde tanklös ut försåten.
Men en talltrast sjöng på stranden,
Att han kunnat mista anden,
Tills jag halvt förtörnad sade:
"Bättre, om din näbb du lade
Under vingen, och till dagen
Sparde tonerna och slagen."
Men den djärve hördes svara:
"Gosse, låt ditt metspö vara.
Såg du opp kring land och vatten,
Kanske sjöng du själv om natten."
Och jag lyfte opp mitt öga,
Ljus var jorden, ljust det höga,
Och från himlen, stranden, vågen
Kom min flicka mig i hågen.
Och, som fågeln spått i lunden,
Sjöng jag denna sång på stunden.

Text Authorship:

  • by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Sommarnatten", appears in Lyriska dikter II [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 Hugo Ingelius (1863? - 1899?), "Sommarnatten" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Sommarnatten", 1917, published 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Idyll, no. 1, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Sommarnatten", op. 90 (6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 5 (1917) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947) , "Die Sommernacht" ; composed by Ture Rangström.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Summer night", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kesäyö", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Nuit d'été", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website: 2004-07-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 108

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