The hope of a kiss (Runeberg, set by (Jean Sibelius)) (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 Emily Ezust

Kyssens hopp

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Available translation(s): ENG FIN FRE

Der jag satt i drömmar vid en källa,
Hörde jag en kyss på mina läppar
Sakta tala till en annan detta:
Se, hon kommer, se, se, den blyga fliekan kommer redan;
Inom några stunder sitter jag
På hennes rosen låppar,
Och hon bär mig troget hela dagen,
Näns ej smaku på ett enda smultron,
Att ej blanda mig med smultron saften,
Näns ej dricka ur den klara källan,
Att ej krossa mig mot glasets bräddar,
Näns ej hviska ens ett ord om kärlek,
Att ej fläkta mig från rosen läppen.

Authorship

by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877) [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), "Kyssens hopp", op. 13 (Seitsemän yksinlaulua pianon säestyksellä Runebergin teksteihin = 7 sånger (Seven songs)) no. 2 (1892) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The hope of a kiss", copyright © 2019
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Suudelman toive", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "L'espoir du baiser", copyright © 2009, (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: 13
Word count: 90

The hope of a kiss

Language: English after the Swedish (Svenska)

While sitting and dreaming near a spring,
I heard a kiss upon my lips
Say quietly to another the following:
"Look, she's coming, look, look! The shy girl is coming already;
In a few moments I will be sitting
On her rosy lips.
And she will carry me faithfully all day,
Not daring to taste a single wild strawberry,
So as not to mix me with its juice,
Not daring to drink at the clear spring,
To avoid crushing me at the edge of the glass,
Not daring to murmur even a single word of love,
To avoid wafting me off those rosy lips."

Authorship

Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to English copyright © 2019 by Emily Ezust
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Based on

a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

This text was added to the website: 2019-07-21
Line count: 13
Word count: 104