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by Viktor Rydberg (1828 - 1895)

Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

På verandan vid hafvet

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: ENG FIN FRE

Minns du de skimrande böljornas suck, att vid målet de hunnit 
endast en jordisk kust, icke det evigas strand?
Minns du ett vemodsken från himlens ovanskliga stjärnor?
Ack, åt förgängelsens lott skatta de äfven till slut.
Minns du en tystnad, då allt var som sänkt i oändlighetsträngtan, 
stränder och himmel och hav, allt som i aning om Gud?

Confirmed with Viktor Rydberg, Dikter, Atlantis, Stockholm, 1996, page 135.

Text Authorship:

by Viktor Rydberg (1828 - 1895), "På verandan vid hafvet", appears in Dikter, first published 1914 [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), "På verandan vid hafvet", op. 38 (Viisi yksinlaulua pianon säestyksellä = 5 sånger (Five Songs)) no. 2 (1903), orchestrated 1903>> [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (David McCleery) , "On the balcony by the sea", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Verannalla meren rannalla", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dans une véranda au bord de la mer", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Verannalla meren rannalla

Language: Finnish (Suomi) after the Swedish (Svenska)

Muistatko, miten kimmeltävät aallot huokailivat, kun päämäärä, jonka ne saavuttivat,
olikin vain maallinen rannikko eikä ikuisuuden ranta?
Muistatko, miten surullisina tuikkivat taivaan ikuiset tähdet?
Voi, katoavaisuus on niidenkin osa lopun tullessa.
Muistatko hiljaisuuden, kun kaikki oli vajonnut ikuisuudenkaipuuseen,
rannat ja taivas ja meri, ikäänkuin ne kaikki olisivat aavistaneet Jumalan?

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a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Viktor Rydberg (1828 - 1895), "På verandan vid hafvet", appears in Dikter, first published 1914
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-14
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