Die Verschmähte (Runeberg, set by (Ture Rangström)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Translation © by Bertram Kottmann

Den försmådda

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Available translation(s): FRE GER

Ax vid ax på åkern vagga, 
Korn vid korn i axen gömmas; 
Så hvart flyktigt ord, du fällde, 
Växer i mitt trogna hjerta. 
Grymma, otacksamma gosse, 
Odlarn går att berga tegen, 
Men du sår blott, du, och skörden 
Lemnar du åt himlens foglar, 
Lemnar du åt snö och vindar.

Authorship

by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Den försmådda", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

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by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Den försmådda", 1917, published 1917 [voice and piano], from Idyll, no. 3, also set in German (Deutsch) [ sung text checked 1 time]

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Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947) , "Die Verschmähte" FRE ; composed by Ture Rangström.

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FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "La dédaignée", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Die Verschmähte", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-04
Line count: 9
Word count: 49

Die Verschmähte

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Swedish (Svenska)

Ähr an Ähr wogt auf dem Felde,
Korn an Korn birgt sich in Ähren;
alles, was du flüchtig sagtest,
wächst mir Wort für Wort im Herzen.
Kalter, undankbarer Bursche,
stets sich regen, bringt den Segen,
doch du säst bloß, und die Gaben
lässt du dann die Vögel haben,
lässt die Ernte Schnee und Winden.

Authorship

Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2018 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 Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Den försmådda", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram

This text was added to the website: 2018-06-29
Line count: 9
Word count: 54