by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)
Våren flyktar hastigt
Language: Swedish (Svenska)
Våren flyktar hastigt, Hastigare sommarn, Hösten dröjer länge, Vintern ännu längre. Snart I sköna kinder, Skolen i förvissna Och ej knoppas mera. Gossen svarte åter: Än i höstens dagar Gläda vårens minnen, Än i vinterns dagar Räcka sommarns skördar. Fritt må våren flykta, Fritt må kinden vissna, Låt oss nu blott äska, Låt oss nu blott kyssas.
Text Authorship:
- by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram, no. 12, first published 1830 [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), "Våren flyktar hastigt", op. 13 (Seitsemän yksinlaulua pianon säestyksellä Runebergin teksteihin = 7 sånger (Seven songs)) no. 4 (1890), orchestrated 1914 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kevät pakenee nopeasti", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Våren flyktar hastigt", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Rasch sucht Lenz das Weite", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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