Våren flyktar hastigt | Le printemps vole vite

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by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Våren flyktar hastigt

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FIN FRE GER

Våren flyktar hastigt, 
Hastigare sommarn,
Hösten dröjer länge,
Vintern ännu längre.
Snart I sköna kinder,
Skolen i förvissna
Och ej knoppas mera.
Gossen svarte åter:

Än i höstens dagar 
Gläda vårens minnen,
Än i vinterns dagar 
Räcka sommarns skördar. 
Fritt må våren flykta,
Fritt må kinden vissna,
Låt oss nu blott äska,
Låt oss nu blott kyssas.

Text Authorship:

by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram, no. 12, first published 1830 [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 Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Våren flyktar hastigt", op. 13 (Seitsemän yksinlaulua pianon säestyksellä Runebergin teksteihin = 7 sånger (Seven songs)) no. 4 (1890), orchestrated 1914 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kevät pakenee nopeasti", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Våren flyktar hastigt", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Rasch sucht Lenz das Weite", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 57

Våren flyktar hastigt

Language: French (Français) after the Swedish (Svenska)

"Le printemps vole vite,
L'été encore plus vite,
L'automne s'attarde longtemps
L'hiver encore plus longtemps.
Bientôt, ô jolies joues,
Vous vous fanerez
Et vous ne bourgeonnerez plus."
Le garçon répondit :
"Même pendant les jours d'automne
Les souvenirs du printemps réjouissent,
Même pendant les jours d'hiver
Les moissons de l'été suffisent.
Laisse le printemps s'enfuir,
Laisse nos joues se faner,
Maintenant laisse-nous seulement nous aimer,
Maintenant laisse-nous seulement nous embrasser."

Text Authorship:

Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Guy Laffaille, (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 Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram, no. 12, first published 1830
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This text was added to the website: 2009-09-09
Line count: 16
Word count: 69