Tyttö istui puron reunalla

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by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

Grumla icke flickans själ

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FIN FRE

Flickan satt vid bäckens strand,
Tvådde sina fötter der.
Sjöng en fogel ofvanför:
"Flicka, grumla bäcken ej,
Himlen syns ej mer i den!"
Flickan slog sitt öga opp,
Talade med tårad blick:
"Sörj ej öfver bäcken, du,
Bäcken klarnar snart igen.
När du såg mig stå en gång
Vid en ynglings sida här,
Du till honom tala bort:
Grumla icke flickans själ,
Aldrig skall den klarna se'n,
Aldrig spegla himlen mer."

Text Authorship:

by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Grumla icke flickans själ", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram [author's text not yet checked 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 Erkki Salmenhaara (1941 - 2002), "Grumla icke flickans själ", 1985, published 1985 [ chorus a cappella ], from Två dikter av J. L. Runeberg [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Gustaf Sundman , "Grumla icke flickans själ" [ men's chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ne trouble pas l'âme de la fille", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-21
Line count: 15
Word count: 71

Tyttö istui puron reunalla

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

Tyttö istui puron reunalla,
pesi siinä jalkojaan.
Lintu lauloi puussa:
"Älä tyttö sekoita puroa,
taivas ei enää näy siinä!"
Tyttö katsoi ylös,
sanoi kyynelsilmin:
"Älä sinä kanna huolta purosta,
kyllä se selkiää pian taas.
Kun näit kerran minut tässä
nuoren miehen kanssa,
olisit silloin sanonut hänelle:
"Älä sekoita tytön sielua;
se ei selkiinny koskaan,
se ei enää koskaan heijasta taivasta."

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a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Grumla icke flickans själ", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-21
Line count: 15
Word count: 60