by Fredrik Mauritz Vetterlund (1865 - 1960)

Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
En ändlös middagsklarhets ro. 
Vid havet hvila tvenne. 
Den stora lyckan fäst sitt bo 
hos honom och hos henne. 

Hon slösar skratt, hon slösar smek, 
intill hans sida sluten 
en praktfull fjärils ras och lek 
i sommarglansminuten!

Hur kom sig, att han rönte då 
ett styng, när hjärtat svällde 
i detta höga juliblå 
och denna klarhets välde? 

Hans själ, som mannens vemod fick, 
har kännt hur vågor vandra 
och kännt, att detta ögonblick 
skall fly, som alla andra.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Knut Håkanson (1887 - 1929), "På stranden", op. 5 (c1919) [ voice and piano ]

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