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På drivans snö där glimmar en diamant så klar. Ej fanns en tår, en pärla, som högre skimrat har. Utav en hemlig längtan hon blänker himmelskt så: hon blickar emot solen, där skön den ses uppgå. Vid foten av dess stråle tillbedjande hon står och kysser den i kärlek och smälter i en tår. O, sköna lott att älska det högsta livet ter, att stråla i dess solblick och dö, när skönst den ler!
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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), "Demanten på marssnön", op. 36 (Kuusi yksinlaulua pianon säestyksellä = 6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 6 (1900), orchestrated 1900>> [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Anna Hersey) , "The diamond on the March snow", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Timantti maaliskuun hangella", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le diamant sur la neige de mars", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Diamant auf Märzenschnee", copyright © 2018, (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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Auf schneebedeckten Höhen erstrahlt ein Diamant und keine Trän’ und Perle glänzt heller hier im Land. In heimlichem Verlangen glitzert er himmlisch auf und blickt der Sonn’ entgegen, sobald beginnt ihr Lauf. Am Fuße ihres Strahles kniet er mit frommem Sinn und küsst ihn voller Liebe und schmilzt als Träne hin. Welch Glück, Schönstes zu lieben, was Leben bieten kann, zu leuchten in der Sonne und gehn, strahlt sie dich an.
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- Singable 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.
Bertram Kottmann. Contact: BKottmann (AT) t-online.de
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- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Josef Julius Wecksell (1838 - 1907)
This text was added to the website: 2018-10-15
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