Her message | Come, you sad north wind

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by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Translation © by Laura Prichard

Hennes budskap

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: ENG FIN FRE

Kom, du sorgsna nordan;
Varje gång du kommer.
Bär du bud från henne.
Kommer du i fläkten.
Bär du hennes suckar;
Kommer du i ilen.
Bär du hennes klagan;
Kommer du i stormen.
Bär du hennes verop:
"Ve mig, edsförgätna.
Ve mig, ensam blevna!
Ur den gamles armar,
Från hans kalla kyssar,
O, vem för mig åter
Till min varma yngling,
Till min första kärlek!"

Text Authorship:

by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Hennes budskap", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram [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 Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Hennes budskap", 1917, published 1918 [ voice and piano ], from Idyll, no. 4, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Hennes budskap", op. 90 (6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

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

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

ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Her message", copyright © 2019, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Tytön viesti", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Son message", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: John Versmoren

This text was added to the website: 2004-07-05
Line count: 16
Word count: 65

Her message

Language: English after the Swedish (Svenska)

Come, you sad north wind;
Every time you come,
You bear a message from her.
[When] you come as a puff of air:
You bear her sighs;
[When] you come as a gust:
You bear her moans;
[When] you come as a storm:
You bear her lamentations:
“Woe to me, [your] oath forgotten.
Woe to me, all alone!
From the old man’s arms,
From his cold kisses,
Oh, who will bring me back
To my passionate young man,
To my first love!”

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Hennes budskap", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram
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This text was added to the website: 2019-01-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 82