Den långa dagen | Förr, när min vän var här

Den långa dagen

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE GER

Förr, när min vän var här,
var mig en vårdag kort;
Nu då han borta är,
är mig en höstdag lång!

"Ack hvad den dagen flyr!"
säga de andra nu -
"Ack hvad den dagen flyr!"

Jag: "hvad den långsam är"
O, att den ville fly!
Kommer ej qvälen snart?
Kommer ej nattens ro?

Text Authorship:

by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Den långa dagen", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram, first published 1870 [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 Bror Beckman (1866 - 1922), "Den långa dagen", op. 18 (Sex sånger) no. 1 (1902) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), "Den långa dagen", op. 14 (Fyra sånger) no. 4 (1945) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Leif Bratt (1897 - 1971), "Den långa dagen", published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from 6 intima visor ur J L Runebergs Idyll och epigram, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Collan (1828 - 1871), "Den långa dagen", 1864 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Robert Kajanus (1856 - 1933), "Den långa dagen", op. 4 (Fyra visor med piano = Vier Lieder für Mezzo-Sopran mit Pianoforte) no. 4, published 1880 [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Halfdan Kjerulf (1815 - 1868), "Den långa dagen", op. 11 no. 5 (1863) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Den långa dagen", op. 97 no. 1 (1916-1917?) [ voice and piano ], from Fem nya sånger, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
by Carl Leopold Sjöberg (1861 - 1900), "Den långa dagen" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by (Johan Gustaf) Emil Sjögren (1853 - 1918), "Den långa dagen", 1891 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
by Karl Valentin (1853 - 1918), "Den långa dagen", op. 25 (Tre Sånger) no. 2 (1889) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Max Vogel , "Der lange Tag" ; composed by Robert Kajanus.

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

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 53