L'obscurité tombe dehors et le vent souffle

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by Zachris Topelius (1818 - 1898)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Det mörknar ute och vindens sus

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: ENG FIN FRE

Det mörknar ute och vindens sus
far över de dunkla dalar;
Natt faller över den armes hus
och rikemans stolta salar.
Var är det ljus, var är det ljus
som oss hugsvalar?

De eviga stjärnor stråla klart
i däldernas dunkel neder.
Av festliga ljus ett underbart,
ett länsande sken sig breder.
Kom snart Guds ljus, kom snart Guds ljus,
som allen oss lyser.

Allt mörker ljusnar för Herren Krist
som kom för att världen lysa.
Guds helga änglar med oljekvist
omskygga dem som frysa.
I kväll skall visst, i kväll skall vår
hydda änglarna hysa.

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Text Authorship:

by Zachris Topelius (1818 - 1898) [author's text not yet checked 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 Karl Collan (1828 - 1871), "Julvisa", 1868. [voice and piano] [ sung text checked 1 time]
by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Det mörknar ute", op. 1 no. 3 (1897) [voice and piano], from 5 julsånger, no. 3. [ sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

ENG English (David McCleery) , "It’s getting dark outside", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Ulkona hämärtää", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2009-11-04
Line count: 18
Word count: 95

L'obscurité tombe dehors et le vent...

Language: French (Français) after the Swedish (Svenska)

L'obscurité tombe dehors et le vent souffle
Sur les vallées sombres ;
La nuit tombe sur la cabane du pauvre homme
et sur les grandes salles de l'homme riche.
Où est la lumière, où est la lumière
Qui nous apporte le réconfort ?

Les étoiles éternelles brillent
Dans les profondeurs sombres des vallées.
des lumières de fête une magnifique
lueur s'élargit.
Viens vite, lumière de Dieu, viens vite,
Et brille sur nous.

Toutes les ténèbres brillent pour le Christ, notre Seigneur,
qui est venu éclairer le monde.
Les saints anges de Dieu avec un baume apaisant
Enveloppent ceux qui sont dans le froid.
Ce soir sûrement, ce soir sûrement,
les anges logeront à la maison.

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Translations of title(s):
"Det mörknar ute" = "L'obscurité tombe dehors"
"Julvisa" = "Chanson de Noël"

Text Authorship:

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This text was added to the website: 2018-12-27
Line count: 18
Word count: 113