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by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Ack, att fönster se

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

Ack, att fönster se
och väggar minnas,
att en trädgård kan stå och sörja
och ett träd kan vända sig om och fråga:
Vem har icke kommit och vad är icke väl,
varför är tomheten tung och säger ingenting?
De bittra nejlikorna sluta upp vid vägen,
där granens dunkel bliver outgrundligt.

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Text Authorship:

by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Den sörjande trädgården", appears in Dikter [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 Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), "Ack, att fönster se och väggar minnas...", op. 88 no. 2 (1978) [ alto, baritone, and mixed chorus ], from Gudarnas spår, no. 2, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
by Kaija Saariaho (1952 - 2023), "Den sörjande trädgården", 1977 [ soprano, 2 flutes and 2 percussion ], from Bruden, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Le jardin endeuillé", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-06-17
Line count: 8
Word count: 51

Le jardin endeuillé

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

Ah, regarder par la fenêtre
et se rappeler les murs,
qu'un jardin peut être là et pleurer
et qu'un arbre peut se tourner et demander :
Qui n'est pas venu et qu'est-ce qui ne va pas,
pourquoi cette pesante vacuité et ne rien dire ?
Les œillets amers sont fanés au bord du chemin
où l'obscurité des sapins devient insondable.

Text Authorship:

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a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Den sörjande trädgården", appears in Dikter
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 58