It is illegal to copy and distribute our copyright-protected material without permission. It is also illegal to reprint copyright texts or translations without the name of the author or translator.
If you wish to reprint translations, please use the Reprint Basket (upper right hand corner).
Reminder: You must always use the copyright symbol © when you reprint copyright-protected material.
Invid palatsen lagunens vatten melodiskt skvalpar i sommarnatten. En solbrynt gosse i sliten kappa behagligt hvilar på dogens trappa. Och böljan hviskar invid den lille som något hemligt hon säga ville: "Se kungasonen! Se gudars like! Men skall han ärfva sitt kungarike? Hur än vi vandra kring världens länder, vid hafvets kuster, vid floders stränder, vi ana furstar, där barn vi blicke, men vuxna kungar vi finna icke."
Confirmed with Viktor Rydberg, Dikter, Atlantis, Stockholm, 1996, page 46.
Text Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 24
Word count: 68
Palatsin vierellä laguunin vesi liplattaa melodisesti suviyössä. Auringonpaahtama poika kuluneessa takissa lepäilee mukavasti dogin portailla. Ja aalto kuiskii pienokaisen vierellä ikäänkuin se tahtoisi kertoa jonkin salaisuuden. "Kas kuninkaanpoikaa! On jumalten kaltainen! Mutta mahtaako hän koskaan periä kuningaskuntaansa? Missä sitten vaellammekin maailman eri maissa, meren rannikoilla, tai joen rannoilla, vaistoamme näkevämme ruhtinaita kun katselemme lapsia, mutta aikuisia kuninkaita emme löydä."
About the headline (FAQ)
Text Authorship:
Erkki Pullinen. We have no current contact information for the copyright-holder.
If you wish to commission a new translation, please contact: licenses@email.lieder.example.net
Based on:
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-10
Line count: 24
Word count: 59
We use cookies for internal analytics and to earn much-needed advertising revenue. (Did you know you can help support us by turning off ad-blockers?) To learn more, see our Privacy Policy. To learn how to opt out of cookies, please visit this site.
I acknowledge the use of cookies
