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[Säf, säf, susa,]1 Våg, våg, slå, I sägen mig hvar Ingalill den unga månde gå? Hon skrek som en vingskjuten and, när hon sjönk i sjön, Det var när sista vår stod grön. De voro henne gramse vid Östanålid, Det tog hon sig så illa vid. De voro henne gramse för gods och gull Och för hennes unga kärleks skull. De stucko en ögonsten med tagg, De kastade smuts i en liljas dagg. Så sjungen, sjungen sorgsång, I sorgsna vågor små, Säf, säf, susa, Våg, våg, slå!
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Modern spelling: "Säv, säv, susa"
Authorship
- by Gustaf Fröding (1860 - 1911), "Säv, säv, susa", appears in Nya dikter, in Från Värmland [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 Bror Beckman (1866 - 1922), "Säf, säf, susa", op. 18 (Sex sånger) no. 3 (1910) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Algot Haquinius (1886 - 1966), "Säf, säf, susa" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Sigurd von Koch (1879 - 1919), "Säf, säf, susa", op. 4 (Två sånger) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ruben Liljefors (1871 - 1936), "Säf, säf, susa", op. 4 (Två sånger) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Säf, säf, susa", alternate title: "Säv, säv, susa", op. 36 (Kuusi yksinlaulua pianon säestyksellä = 6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 4 (1900), also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Alfred Julius Boruttau (1877 - 1940) , "Schilfrohr säus'le" ; composed by Jean Sibelius.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (David McCleery) , "Reed, reed, rustle", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Suhise, kaisla", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Roseaux, roseaux, soupirez", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Schilf, Schilf, rausche", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Word count: 88
Schilf, Schilf, rausche, Wellen, Wellen, schlagt, sagt ihr mir, wo Ingalill, die Junge, mag wohl sein? Sie schrie wie eine Ente mit gebroch’nen Flügeln, als sie im See versank, das war, als der vergang’ne Lenz hat begrünt das Land. Sie waren ihr gram bei Östanålid, das macht’ ihr das Herze schwer. Sie neideten ihr Gut und Gold und ihre jungen Liebe. Sie stachen einen Augenstern mit Dornen, sie warfen Schmutz auf einer Lilie Tau. So singt, singt den Klagesang ihr traurigen, kleinen Wellen, Schilf, Schilf, rausche, Wellen, Wellen, schlagt!
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- Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2015 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Gustaf Fröding (1860 - 1911), "Säv, säv, susa", appears in Nya dikter, in Från Värmland
This text was added to the website: 2015-10-12
Line count: 16
Word count: 89