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När den sköna Maj med sippor kommit, Kransa tärnor sina bruna lockar, Skyndande till ringdans kring sin Maj-stång. [Under dansen äro alla glada.]1 Glad är den, som bär ett vackert smycke, Glad är den, hvars blomsterkrans är lyckad, Glad är den, som känner kinden rodna. Frågar du, hvem gladast är af alla? Den, som ser sin fästman med i ringen.
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Authorship:
- by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), no title, appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram, no. 6 [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 Knut Håkanson (1887 - 1929), "När den sköna maj med sippor kommit", c1915 [ voice and piano ], from Fem sånger, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Selim Palmgren (1878 - 1951), "När den sköna maj med sippor kommit", op. 15 no. 3 (1907) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Quand vient le joli mois de mai avec des anémones", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 60
Quand vient le joli mois de mai avec des anémones, Les filles couronnent de fleurs leurs boucles brunes Et courent vers la piste de danse autour de l'arbre de mai. [Pendant la danse, toutes sont joyeuses.]1 Joyeuse celle qui porte un joli bijou, Joyeuse celle dont la couronne de fleurs est réussie, Joyeuse celle qui sent rougir sa joue. Te demandes-tu laquelle d'entre elles est la plus joyeuse ? C'est celle qui voit son fiancé sur la piste
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Authorship:
- Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to French (Français) copyright © 2013 by Pierre Mathé, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), no title, appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram, no. 6
This text was added to the website: 2013-12-09
Line count: 9
Word count: 78