Obscurité de la forêt | Dans la forêt mélancolique

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by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Skogsdunkel

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

I den svårmodiga skogen
bor en sjuk gud.
I den dunkla skogen äro blommorna så bleka
och fåglarna så skygga.
Varför är vinden full av varnande viskningar
och vägen mörk av dystra aningar?
I skuggan ligger den sjuke guden
och drömmer elaka drömmar...

Text Authorship:

by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Skogsdunkel", appears in Dikter, 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 Patrik Vidjeskog , "Skogsdunkel", op. 29 no. 4, first performed 2004 [soprano and piano], from Sångcykel till dikter av Edith Södergran, no. 4. [
text not verified
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Obscurité de la forêt", 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: 43

Obscurité de la forêt

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

Dans la forêt mélancolique
habite un dieu malade.
Dans la forêt obscure les fleurs sont si blêmes
et les oiseaux si timides.
Pourquoi le vent est-il plein d'avertissements chuchotés
et le sombre chemin de lugubres pressentiments ?
Le dieu malade gît dans l'ombre
et fait de mauvais rêves ...

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Based on:

a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), "Skogsdunkel", appears in Dikter, first published 1916
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-04
Line count: 8
Word count: 47