Et s'il existait une pensée qui resterait en moi

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by Karl August Tavaststjerna (1860 - 1898)

Translation © by Pierre Mathé

Och finns det en tanke, som dröjer hos...

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FIN FRE

Och finns det en tanke, som dröjer hos mig
när äntligt min timme är slagen,
så skulle den bygga min sista stig
av toner, som bure ett eko i sig
från skogen och sommardagen.

På tonernas brygga jag dröjande gick
i sällsamma drömmar dit över,
av sommar och solsken och böljor jag fick
en sista, förstående avskedsblick,
en sådan, som bäst jag behöver.

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Confirmed with Dikter af Karl A. Tavaststjerna, Wentzel Hagelstams Förlag, Helsingfors, 1896, page 128.

Text Authorship:

by Karl August Tavaststjerna (1860 - 1898), no title [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 Axel von Kothen (1871 - 1927), "Och finns det en tanke", 1907 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Och finns det en tanke", op. 86 (6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 4 (1916) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Jos olisi joku ajatus", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Et s'il existait une pensée qui...

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

Et s'il existait une pensée qui resterait en moi
lorsque mon heure enfin sonnera,
Elle composerait mon dernier chemin
de notes qui porteraient en elles l'écho
des forêts et des jours d'été.

Sur le pont de ces notes,  en m'attardant je passerais
de l'autre côté dans un étrange rêve,
de l'été, du soleil et des vagues je recevrais
un bienveillant et dernier signe d'adieu,
un de ceux dont j'ai le plus besoin.

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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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