La lune | Comme tout ce qui est mort est merveilleux

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by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Månen

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

Vad allting som är dött är underbart 
och outsägligt: 
ett dött blad och en död människa 
och månens skiva. 
Och alla blommor veta en hemlighet 
och skogen den bevarar, 
det är att månens kretsgång kring vår jord 
är dödens bana. 
Och månen spinner sin underbara väv, 
den blommor älska, 
och månen spinner sitt sagolika nät 
kring allt som lever. 
Och månens skära mejar blommor av 
i senhöstnätter, 
och alla blommor vänta på månens kyss 
i ändlös längtan.

Text Authorship:

by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Månen", appears in Landet som icke är , in Sista dikter, first published 1925 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Jouni Kaipainen (b. 1956), "Månen", op. 35 no. 4 (1989) [soprano and chamber ensemble or orchestra], from Stjärnenatten, no. 4. [
text verified 1 time
]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "La lune", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-08
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Word count: 77

La lune

Language: French (Français) after the Swedish (Svenska)

Comme tout ce qui est mort est merveilleux
et indicible :
une feuille morte et une personne morte
et le disque de la lune.
Et toutes les fleurs connaissent un secret
que garde la forêt,
c'est que le cercle que parcourt la lune autour de notre terre
est la voie de la mort.
Et la lune tisse sa merveilleuse toile
qu'aiment les fleurs,
et la nuit tisse son filet mythique
autour de tout ce qui vit.
Et la faucille de la lune fauche les fleurs
dans les dernières nuits d'automne,
et toutes les fleurs attendent le baiser de la lune
dans une interminable langueur.

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Based on:

a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Månen", appears in Landet som icke är , in Sista dikter, first published 1925
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-03
Line count: 16
Word count: 103