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by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Det var då
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  FRE
Högre mot sanden
svallar den vreda sjön,
björken på stranden
susar ej mera grön;
marken är stel av snön.

Du, som med våren
flydde från dal och vän,
bragte dig tåren
blott för en stund igen,
ville jag säga än:

"Skåda kring runden,
flicka, en gång ännu!
Minns du, hur lunden
fordom var grön och ljuv?
Se, vad den blivit nu!"

Sen, då hon flydde,
skulle hon säga så:
"Skönare grydde
ynglinges kind också;
men det var då, - ja, då!"

Text Authorship:

  • by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Det var då", appears in Lyriska dikter I [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 Fredrik August Ehrström (1801 - 1850), "Det var då", published 1869, from Det sjungande Finland I [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jacob Axel Josephson (1818 - 1880), "Det var då", op. 15 no. 6 [ voice and piano ], from Nya sånger vid piano, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Halfdan Kjerulf (1815 - 1868), "Det var då", op. 3 (6 Sange) no. 4 (1852-1855), published 1856 [ voice and piano ], Stockholm: Abraham Hirsch [sung text not yet checked]

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "C'était alors", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-11-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 80

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