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Törne, du min syskonplanta, Svept i vinterns is, försmås du, Höljd af taggar, hatas du. Men jag tänker: kommer våren, Slår du ut i blad och rosor, Och en växt fins ej på jorden, Ljuf och älskad såsom du. O, hur mången törnestängel Står ej naken i naturen, Som behöfde kärlek blott, Blott en solblick af ett hjerta, För att kläda sig i rosor Och hvart väsens glädje bli!
Authorship
- by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Törnet", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram [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 Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Törnet", op. 170 no. 3 (1931) [voice and piano], from 3 Runeberg-sånge = Three Runeberg songs, no. 3 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Törnet", 1917 [voice and piano], from Idyll, no. 5, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Törnet", op. 88 (6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 5 (1917) [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
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- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947) , "Der Dornstrauch" FIN ; composed by Ture Rangström.
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- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Orjantappura", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Dornstrauch", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-05
Line count: 13
Word count: 69
Dornstrauch, meine Geschwisterpflanze, deckt Winters Eis dich, schmäht man dich, gespickt mit Dornen, hasst man dich. Doch denke ich, kommt erst der Lenz, dann sprießen Blätter dir und Rosen und auf der Welt ist keine Pflanze dann so lieblich und geliebt wie du. Ach, wie viele Dornenstängel stehen kahl in der Natur, sie bräuchten Liebe bloß, nur einen Sonnenblick aus einem Herzen, um sich mit Rosen dann zu kleiden und jeden Wesens Freude sein.
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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- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Törnet", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram
This text was added to the website: 2017-04-30
Line count: 13
Word count: 74