L'oiseau | La fenêtre de ma mie est ouverte ;

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by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Fågeln

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

Öppet är min flickas fönster;
vore jag en okänd fågel,
in till henne strax jag flöge.
Mig i bur hon skulle sätta,
fylla glaset där med vatten,
fylla lådan där med hampfrö.
Men jag ville säga henne:
"Flicka, bort med frö och vatten!
Vet, din lilla muntra fågel
dricker endast ömma tårar,
lever blott av smek och kyssar."

Text Authorship:

by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Fågeln", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram [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 Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Fågeln", op. 172 no. 3 (1931) [ voice and piano ], from 3 Runeberg-sånge = Three Runeberg songs, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'oiseau", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-16
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Word count: 58

L'oiseau

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

La fenêtre de ma mie est ouverte ;
si j'étais un oiseau inconnu,
je volerais immédiatement vers elle.
Elle me mettrait dans sa volière,
emplirait le verre d'eau,
emplirait la mangeoire de graines.
Mais je lui dirais :
« C'est assez de graine et d'eau, ma mie !
Tu sais, ce gai petit oiseau
ne boit que de tendres larmes,
il ne vit que de caresses et de baisers.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to French (Français) copyright © 2014 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), "Fågeln", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-23
Line count: 11
Word count: 66