8 sånger för blandad kör

Song Cycle by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942)

8. Stemning
 (Sung text)

Language: Danish (Dansk) 
Alle de voksende Skygger
Har vævet sig sammen til en,
Ensom paa Himmelen lyser
En Stjærne saa straalende ren,
Skyerne have saa tunge Drømme,
Blomsternes Øjne i Duggraad svømme,
Underligt Aftenvinden 
Suser i Linden.

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

  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Note: modern Danish uses 'å' instead of 'aa' and does not capitalize nouns. It is also common not to capitalize the beginning of each line in modern publications.

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8. Alla de växande Skuggor
 (Sung text)

Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Alla de växande skuggor
ha gjutit sig samman till en.
Ensam på himmelen lyser
en stjärna så strålande ren.
Skyarna glida i tunga drömmar
Dagg-gråt ut blommornas ögon strömmar
Underligt aftonvinden 
susar i linden.

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  • Singable translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

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Notes on the translation (provided by Anna Maria Modée):
  • Vævet should be translated into "vävt" (meaning woven), but arguably the meaning is much more clear using "gjutit" (founded, melted, cast).
  • Skyarna glida i tunga drömmar : literal translation would be "Skyarna har så tunga drömmar" (The skies/heavens have such heavy dreams)
  • Dagg-gråt ut blommornas ögon strömmar (tears of dew from the flower's eyes streams) : literally would be: "Blommornas ögon i dagg simmar" (the flower's eyes swim in dew", but sounds bad even in english, especially to the music

Researcher for this page: Anna Maria Modée
Total word count: 68