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Längtan heter min arvedel, slottet i saknadens dalar. Sakta ett underligt strängaspel tonar igenom dess salar. Säg, vadan kväller du, klagande ström, djupt ur de skumma gemaken, du som mig sjunger om [dagen]1 i dröm, sjunger om natten mig vaken? Vem är den själ som i suck och i ton andas från hemliga strängar, ljuvligt som doften från humlornas bon flyter på gulnande ängar? Somrarna blekna och solar gå ner, timmarna varda mig tunga, rosorna dofta i vissna kvarter, minnena viska och sjunga. Klinga, du klagande strängaspel, sällskap i drömmande salar! Längan heter min arvedel, slottet i saknadens dalar.
1 note: some songs may have "natten" here. (Peterson-Berger has "dagen").
Authorship
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by Erik Fritiof Fordell (1917 - 1981), "Längtan heter min arvedel", op. 95 no. 2 (1954) [ voice and piano ] [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Längtan heter min arvedel", op. 21 no. 1 (1903) [ voice and piano ], from Nya sånger = New songs, no. 1 [ sung text not yet checked against a primary source]
- by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Längtan heter min arvedel", 1910, from Fridolins lustgård, no. 1 [ sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Längtan heter min arvedel", op. 86 (6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 2 (1916) [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Emily Ezust) , copyright © 2019
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kaipuu on minun perintöosani", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Sehnsucht heißt es, mein Erbeteil", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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Line count: 20
Word count: 99
Longing is my inheritance, A castle in the valley of loss. Softly the music of a strange lyre Resounds through its halls. Tell me why you flow, lamenting stream, Out of the depths of gloomy rooms, You who sing me into dreams by day, And wake me with your singing at night? Whose is the soul that breathes, in sighs and tones, From those secret strings, Lovely as the scent from the bees' hives Floating over yellowing meadows? The summers fade and the sun goes down; The hours become heavy for me, The roses are fragrant in withered beds, Memories whisper and sing. Resound, lamenting strings, My only companion in these dreaming halls! Longing is my inheritance, A castle in the valley of loss.
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- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864 - 1931)
This text was added to the website: 2019-07-21
Line count: 20
Word count: 124