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by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923)

Ack, att fönster se
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  FRE
Ack, att fönster se
och väggar minnas,
att en trädgård kan stå och sörja
och ett träd kan vända sig om och fråga:
Vem har icke kommit och vad är icke väl,
varför är tomheten tung och säger ingenting?
De bittra nejlikorna sluta upp vid vägen,
där granens dunkel bliver outgrundligt.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Den sörjande trädgården", appears in Dikter [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 Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), "Ack, att fönster se och väggar minnas...", op. 88 no. 2 (1978) [ alto, baritone, and mixed chorus ], from Gudarnas spår, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Kaija Saariaho (1952 - 2023), "Den sörjande trädgården", 1977 [ soprano, 2 flutes and 2 percussion ], from Bruden, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le jardin endeuillé", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-06-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

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