Tu cherchais une fleur

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by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Du sökte en blomma

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

Du sökte en blomma 
och fann en frukt. 
Du sökte en källa 
och fann ett hav. 
Du sökte en kvinna 
och fann en själ - 
du är besviken.

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Text Authorship:

by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), no title, appears in Dikter, in Dagen svalnar... , no. 4, 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 Vladimir Agopov (b. 1953), "Du sökte", op. 12 no. 2 (1888) [baritone and piano], from Offrets timme, no. 2. [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Carita Holmström (b. 1954), "Du sökte en blomma", 1977 [voice and piano], from Dagen svalnar, no. 4. [ sung text checked 1 time]

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: 2009-10-24
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Word count: 27

Tu cherchais une fleur

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

Tu cherchais une fleur
et tu as trouvé un fruit.
Tu cherchais une source
et tu as trouvé une mer.
Tu cherchais une femme
et tu as trouvé une âme --
tu es déçu.

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a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), no title, appears in Dikter, in Dagen svalnar... , no. 4, first published 1916
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This text was added to the website: 2013-12-04
Line count: 7
Word count: 33