Ne t'envole pas | Veux-tu savoir malicieuse fille

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by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Flyg ej undan

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

Vill du veta skälmska flicka
Hur om hösten Vakor fångas?
Jag skall vara fågelfängarn,
Du skall låtsa vara Vaka.
Märk hur fågelfängarn talar:
"Flyg ej undan, sköna Vaka,
Sitt på klasen trygg och stilla,
Snaran gör dig ingen skada,
Snaran vill din hals blott smeka."
Ha, din skalk, du lät dig fånga;
[Kyss mig nu]¹, så skall du slippa.

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• L. Bratt

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¹ Bratt: "Kyss mej då"

Text Authorship:

by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Flyg ej undan", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram, first published 1870 [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 Leif Bratt (1897 - 1971), "Flyg ej undan", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from 6 intima visor ur J L Runebergs Idyll och epigram, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Kajanus (1856 - 1933), "Flyg ej undan", op. 4 (Fyra visor med piano = Vier Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 1 (1880), published 1880 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Johan August Söderman (1832 - 1876), "Flyg ej undan", 1869 [ voice and piano ], from Ur Idyll och epigram af J L Runeberg [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Max Vogel , "Fliege nicht davon" ; composed by Robert Kajanus.

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

FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Ne t'envole pas", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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Word count: 61

Ne t'envole pas

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

Veux-tu savoir malicieuse fille,
comment en automne on attrape les grives ?
Je serai l'oiseleur,
tu feras semblant d'être la grive.
Écoute comment parle l'oiseleur :
« Ne t'envole pas, belle grive,
reste tranquille et coite sur la grappe,
le piège ne te blessera pas,
le piège ne fera que caresser ton cou. »
Ah, friponne, tu te laisses prendre ;
alors embrasse-moi et tu pourras t'échapper.

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), "Flyg ej undan", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram, first published 1870
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This text was added to the website: 2014-01-23
Line count: 11
Word count: 64