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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Som stjärnorna på himmelen
 (Sung text for setting by W. Peterson-Berger)
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Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Som stjärnorna på himmelen, 
när natten faller på, 
så tindrade hans ögon, 
så klara och så blå, 
så röder var hans mund 
som rosorna i lund 
om våren.

Men skyarne församlades 
och solen vände bort, 
ty livet liksom kärleken 
och våren är så kort. 
När löven föllo av, 
de föllo på hans grav 
den tida!

Om alla träd i skogarne 
och böljorna de blå, 
om all markens blomster 
hade fåglalungor små,
de kunde ej ändå 
min hjärtesorg förmå 
att sjunga.

Composition:

    Set to music by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Som stjärnorna på himmelen", op. 5 no. 3 (1892), from Fyra visor i svensk folkton, no. 3

Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) ( H. )

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

  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Like the stars in the sky", copyright © 2020
  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "So wie die Stern’ am Himmelszelt", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Bertram Kottmann

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 80

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