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by Bei Dao (b. 1949)
Translation by Göran Malmqvist (1924 - 2019)

Apelsinen har mognat
Language: Swedish (Svenska)  after the Chinese (中文) 
Apelsinen har mognat 
den solmättade apelsinen har mognat 

Låt mig vandra in i ditt hjärta 
med min tunga börda av kärlek 

Apelsinen har mognat 
en flyktig sky strömmar ur skalet 

Låt mig vandra in i ditt hjärta 
sorgen förvandlas till glädjetårar 

Apelsinen har mognat 
nät av bittra fibrer höljer varje klyfta 

Låt mig vandra in i ditt hjärta 
att finna min splittrade dröm 

Apelsinen har mognat 
den solmättade apelsinen har mognat

Text Authorship:

  • by Göran Malmqvist (1924 - 2019) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Chinese (中文) by Bei Dao (b. 1949) [text unavailable]
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Tebogo Monnakgotla (b. 1972), "Apelsinen har mognat", 2000 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website: 2026-03-01
Line count: 14
Word count: 71

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