by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)
Translation © by Anna Hersey

Not with lamentation shall your memory...
Language: English  after the Swedish (Svenska) 
Not with lamentation shall your memory be celebrated,
not like those that come and are quickly forgotten;
so shall your country mourn you,
as an evening weeps dew in the summer,
full of joy, light, and calm and song
and with arms outstretched to the blush of morning.

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Note: this is a translation of the second half of the last stanza only.

Translation of title "Ej med klagan" = "Not with lamentation"

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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-12
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Word count: 48