Le diamant sur la neige de mars | Sur la neige de l'allée brille

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by Josef Julius Wecksell (1838 - 1907)

Translation © by Guy Laffaille

Demanten på marssnön

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: ENG FIN FRE GER

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!

Note: modern Swedish would spell the title "Diamanten på marssnön".

Text Authorship:

by Josef Julius Wecksell (1838 - 1907) [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 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.
Line count: 16
Word count: 74

Le diamant sur la neige de mars

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

Sur la neige de l'allée brille
un diamant si brillant.
Jamais il n'y a eu une larme, une perle
Qui scintillait plus.

D'un désir secret
il brille vers le ciel :
il regarde le soleil,
là où il se lève.

Au pied de ses rayons,
il se tient en adoration
et le baise avec amour
et fond en une larme.

Oh, sort magnifique, aimer
ce que la vie offre de plus élevé,
étinceler au soleil
et mourir, quand il sourit si magnifiquement.

Text Authorship:

Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to French (Français) copyright © 2018 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Josef Julius Wecksell (1838 - 1907)
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This text was added to the website: 2018-12-27
Line count: 16
Word count: 81