Sweet idleness (Tavaststjerna, set by (Jean Sibelius)) (The LiederNet Archive: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)

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by Karl August Tavaststjerna (1860 - 1898)

Translation © by Emily Ezust

Dolce far niente

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Available translation(s): ENG FIN FRE

Jag lefver min dag i drömmar,
en fest är mitt hvardagslag;
af drömmarnas strömmar jag sömmar
och väfver åt lifvet behag.

Jag älskar på nytt, och jag hoppas,
jag minns, och jag njuter och minns
att dessa minuter knoppas
hvad härligt och skönt det finns.

Confirmed with Karl August Tavaststjerna, Laureatus: epopé i tretton sånger : jämte en samling efterlämnade dikter, Stockholm, Alb. Bonniers Boktryckeri, 1897, page 195.

Note: [sic] on title.

Authorship

by Karl August Tavaststjerna (1860 - 1898), "Dolce far niente", appears in Laureatus: epopé i tretton sånger : jämte en samling efterlämnade dikter, first published 1897 [author's text checked 1 time 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), "Dolce far niente", op. 61 (8 sånger (Eight Songs)) no. 6 (1910) [ voice and piano ] [ sung text checked 1 time]

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

ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "Sweet idleness", copyright © 2019
FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Suloista joutenoloa", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Dolce farniente", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-14
Line count: 8
Word count: 45

Sweet idleness

Language: English after the Swedish (Svenska)

I live my life in dreams,
A banquet is my daily work;
From the flow of dreams I embroider
And weave beauty into my life.

Once again I love, and I hope,
I remember and I enjoy, and I realize
That these moments contain the bud of
All the beauty and joy in existence.

Authorship

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

a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Karl August Tavaststjerna (1860 - 1898), "Dolce far niente", appears in Laureatus: epopé i tretton sånger : jämte en samling efterlämnade dikter, first published 1897

This text was added to the website: 2019-07-22
Line count: 8
Word count: 54