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by Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864 - 1931)

Längtan heter min arvedel
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  ENG FIN GER
Längtan heter min arvedel,
slottet i saknadens dalar.
Sakta ett underligt strängaspel
tonar igenom dess salar.

Säg, vadan kväller du, klagande ström,
djupt ur de skumma gemaken,
du som mig sjunger om [dagen]1 i dröm,
sjunger om natten mig vaken?

Vem är den själ som i suck och i ton
andas från hemliga strängar,
ljuvligt som doften från humlornas bon
flyter på gulnande ängar?

Somrarna blekna och solar gå ner,
timmarna varda mig tunga,
rosorna dofta i vissna kvarter,
minnena viska och sjunga.

Klinga, du klagande strängaspel,
sällskap i drömmande salar!
Längan heter min arvedel,
slottet i saknadens dalar.

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•   W. Peterson-Berger 

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1 Peterson-Berger: "dagen"

Text Authorship:

  • by Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864 - 1931) [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 Erik Fritiof Fordell (1917 - 1981), "Längtan heter min arvedel", op. 95 no. 2 (1954) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Oskar Fredrik Lindberg (1887 - 1955), "Längtan heter min arfvedel", 1933 [ voice and orchestra or piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Längtan heter min arvedel", op. 21 no. 1 (1903) [ voice and piano ], from Nya sånger = New songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Längtan heter min arvedel", 1910, from Fridolins lustgård, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Längtan heter min arvedel", op. 86 (6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 2 (1916) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kaipuu on minun perintöosani", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Sehnsucht heißt es, mein Erbeteil", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 100

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