by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)
Likhet
Language: Swedish (Svenska)
Hur många vågor bo på fjärden, Hur många tankar i mitt hjärta? De tyckas fly -- och dröja kvar dock, De tyckas dö -- och födas åter, Så skilda och ändå så lika, Så många och ändå de samma! -- Ur samma sjö, av samma vindar De höjas alla, Ur samma bröst de höjas alla, Av samma kärlek. Ur samma bröst höjes våg, Våg på fjärd.
J. Sibelius sets lines 1-10 in (at least) one setting - see below for more information
Text 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 Karl Collan (1828 - 1871), "Likhet", 1865 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Likhet", 1922 [ men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Likhet", 1890, lines 1-10 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "Kinship", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Samanlaisuus", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Ressemblance", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 12
Word count: 63