Lamentation de la fille | Cœur, cœur, je t'avais tout à moi

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by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Flickans klagan

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

Hjärta, hjärta, hade jag dig framför mig,
låge du, oroliga, i min hand här,
o, då skulle hastigt min trogna omsorg
     bringa dig lugnet!

Som en mor sitt barn, jag dig skulle gunga,
föra, sakta vyssjande, fram och åter,
tills du upphört klaga och nöjd din plåga
     glömde i sömnen;

men nu bor du slutet in barmens fängsel,
otillgängligt stängt för var vänlig hyllning,
blott för honom blottat, som oupphörligt
     rubbar din vila.

Text Authorship:

by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Flickans klagan" [author's text not yet checked 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), "Flickans klagan", op. 14 (Fyra sånger med piano = Five songs with piano) no. 1, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], also set in German as "Die Klage eines Mädchens" [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Lamentation de la fille", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-15
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Word count: 73

Lamentation de la fille

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

Cœur, cœur, je t'avais tout à moi,
si tu étais là, inquiet dans ma main,
ô, alors mes soins rapides et fidèles
    te ramenaient au calme.

Comme une mère pour son enfant, je devais te bercer,
t'amener, par une douce berceuse, à te faire taire,
jusqu'à ce que tu cesses tes plaintes et que, satisfait
    tu oublies tes tourments dans le sommeil ;

mais maintenant tu es dans dans la prison de mon sein,
inaccessible, fermé à tout affectueux hommage,
dévoilé seulement à celui qui sans cesse
    trouble ton repos.

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a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Flickans klagan"
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-23
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Word count: 89