by Karl Alfred Melin (1849 - 1919)
Translation Singable translation by Berta Elisabet Sjögren (1866 - 1967)

Det komma skall en sorgens tid
Language: Swedish (Svenska)  after the English 
Det komma skall en sorgestund 
för den, som fladdrat kring 
i ungdomsvårens rosenlund 
i lek bland blommors ring. 
Det är, när först han lämna må 
en dröm så ljuv, så klar; 
o, då är tid att dö, ty då 
har livet intet kvar.

När sol går ned i söderns land, 
är allt ett mörker blott; 
så skulle brista livets band, 
när kärleken förgått, 
ej liksom dagen vid sin död 
i norden dröja än 
i lämningen utav en glöd, 
som slocknat längese'n.

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  • FRE French (Français) [singable] (Berta Elisabet Sjögren) , "Il vient un temps, un triste temps"


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Il vient un temps, un triste temps
Language: French (Français)  after the Swedish (Svenska) 
Il vient un temps, un triste temps,
Pour qui s'en est allé
Jouer dans tous les prés fleuris,
Croyant les fleurs à lui.
C'est quand un jour, aux rêves chers,
Son cœur doit renoncer,
Oh ! c'est alors qu'il faut mourir,
La vie est sans raison.

Au Sud, quand tombe le soleil,
La nuit se fait d'un coup ;
Ainsi la vie s'obscurcit,
Lorsque s'éteint l'amour.
Pourquoi la faire vaciller
Dans un brouillard d'hiver ?
Le froid seul reste de l'ardeur,
Des flammes du passé.

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