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Rosen, ja, rosen likvälär skönast i kransen af blommor; Derför ock himlen sjelf lånar till prydnad dess färg. Äfven den hvita är täck: men hvad skönhet, när begge tillsammans, Spruckna på oskuldens kind, höja hvarandras behag!
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Confirmed with Frans Michaël Franzéns Samlade dikter, Första bandet, Örebro, N. M. Lindh, 1867. Abr. Bohlin, 1868, 1869, page 325. http://runeberg.org/fmfdikt/1/0329.html
The score by Sibelius uses a later style of spelling:Rosen, ja, rosen, likaväl är skönast i kransen av blommor; Därför ock himlen själv lånar till prydnad dess färg. Även den vita är täck: men vad skönhet, när bägge tillsammans, Spruckna på oskuldens kind, höja varandras behag!
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Authorship:
- by Frans Mikael Franzén (1772 - 1847), "De begge rosorna" [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 Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "De bägge rosorna", op. 88 (6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 2 (1917) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-14
Line count: 4
Word count: 36
Rosen, Rosen ja indes sind die schönsten doch im Kranz der Blüten; darum leiht der Himmel selbst sich ihre Farben aus zur Zier. Zwar ist die weiße anmutsvoll: doch welche Schönheit dann, wenn beide sie zusammen, erblühn auf unschuldiger Wange, erhöhen noch der andern Reiz.
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Translation of titles
"De bägge rosorna" = "Die beiden Rosen"
"De begge rosorna" = "Die beiden Rosen"
Authorship:
- Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2017 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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Based on:
- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Frans Mikael Franzén (1772 - 1847), "De begge rosorna"
This text was added to the website: 2017-04-30
Line count: 4
Word count: 45