Hållilå, uti storm och regn | Och när jag var en liten smådräng

Translation by Carl August Hagberg (1810 - 1864)

When that I was and a little tiny boy

Language: English

Our translations: CAT

When that I was and a little tiny boy,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
A foolish thing was but a toy,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came to man's estate,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
'Gainst knaves and thieves men shut their gate,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came, alas! to wive,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
By swaggering could I never thrive,
For the rain it raineth every day.

But when I came unto my beds,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
With toss-pots still had drunken heads,
For the rain it raineth every day.

A great while ago the world begun,
With hey, ho, the wind and the rain,
But that's all one, our play is done,
And we'll strive to please you every day.

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• D. Amram

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Text Authorship:

by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Twelfth Night: or, What You Will, Act V, Scene 1 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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Hållilå, uti storm och regn

Language: Swedish (Svenska) after the English

Our translations: FIN

Och när jag var en liten smådräng,
Hållilå, uti storm och regn,
Då var mig en bädd icke mer än en säng,
Förty regnet det regnar var eviga dag.

Men när jag som karl börja' leva helt stort,
Hållilå, uti storm och regn,
Då stängde envar för tjuven sin port,
Förty regnet det regnar var eviga dag.

Och ack då jag fick mig etta äkta viv,
Hållilå, uti storm och regn,
Då lade jag af mitt rumlande liv,
Förty regnet det regnar var eviga dag.

Men när som jag tog mig en lur så söt,
Hållilå, uti storm och regn,
Då hade jag druckit mig full som ett nöt,
Förty regnet det regnar var eviga dag.

En god stund redan vår värld hållit ut,
Hållilå, uti storm och regn,
Men det är detsamma; vårt spel är slut.
Gå det bra, ska vi spela var eviga dag.

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Text Authorship:

by Carl August Hagberg (1810 - 1864) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in English by William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), no title, appears in Twelfth Night: or, What You Will, Act V, Scene 1
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by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Hållilå, uti storm och regn", op. 60 no. 2 (1909) [ voice and guitar or piano ], from the incidental music to Loppiaisaatto = Trettondagsafton (Twelfth Night), no. 2, also set in English [sung text checked 1 time]

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-20
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Word count: 146