Parmi les pierres grises

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by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Mellan gråa stenar

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

Mellan gråa stenar
ligger din vita kropp och sörjer
över dagarna som komma och gå.
Sagorna, du hört som barn,
gråta i ditt hjärta.
Tystnad utan eko,
ensamhet utan spegel,
luften blånar genom alla springor.

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Text Authorship:

by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), no title, appears in Dikter, in Två stranddikter, no. 2, first published 1916 [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 Einojuhani Rautavaara (1928 - 2016), "Mellan gråa stenar", 1983-7 [voice and piano], from I min älsklings trädgård - Tre sånger till dikter av Edith Södergran för Sini, no. 2. [ sung text not verified ]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , 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: 36

Parmi les pierres grises

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

Parmi les pierres grises,
Il y a ton corps blanc, qui regrette
les jours qui vont et viennent.
Les contes que tu entendis enfant
pleurent dans ton cœur.
Silence sans écho,
solitude sans miroir,
l'air bleuit dans toutes les crevasses.

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a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), no title, appears in Dikter, in Två stranddikter, no. 2, first published 1916
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-03
Line count: 8
Word count: 40