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by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Vaggvisa
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Sof du min lilla – min älskling är du –
Göm dina ögons små perlor ännu!
Allt är så tyst, som i grafven det är;
Sof, och hvar fluga bortfläktar jag här.

Ännu, mitt barn, är din gyllene tid;
Sedan, – ack, gryr den väl [aldrig]1.
När kring ditt läger bekymren sig ställt,
Slumrar du lilla ej mera så sällt.

Englar från himmelen, täcka som du,
Sväfva kring vaggan och le mot dig nu.
O, de besöka dig sedan också,
Men för att aftorka tårar blott då.

Sof, du min lilla; och mörknar det än,
Tröttnar ej mamma att vagga sin vän.
Sent eller tidigt, - i moderlig barm
Vakar dock kärleken , trogen och varm.

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•   H. Alfvén 

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Confirmed with Johan Ludvig Runebergs Samlade skrifter, Stockholm, F. & G. Beijers Förlag, 1870.

1 Alfvén: "aldrig så blid"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Vaggvisa", subtitle: "Från tyskan" [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 Alfvén (1872 - 1960), "Vaggvisa", published 1896 [ voice and piano ], Stockholm, J. Löfvings musikhandel [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Agathe Ursula Backer-Grøndahl (1847 - 1907), "Vaggvisa", op. 12 (Fem Sånger) no. 3, published 1882 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-28
Line count: 16
Word count: 117

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