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by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965)

Visan
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Du är dotter av älva och alv, 
svartalv och älva ljus 
och din sång är ett skiftande sus 
mellan mörker och morgon i lövtunga valv.

Mitt i dansen [vajande stänglar och]1 blad, 
dryad, din blick blir våt 
som daggiga gräset av blänkande gråt, 
och du stannar [och snyftar och vet]2 ej för vad.

Men så dansar du åter bland blommande träd, 
[mjuk, späd din]3 sorg är kort 
och flyger med vinden och svalorna bort 
ty din gråt är som dagg över blommande träd. 

Du är [ljus som en månskäras ny
din hy,]4 din hand, ditt hår 
bli till blom där du drömmande går 
och din glädje blir glitter, din sorg blir en sky.

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•   M. Pergament 

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1 Pergament: "bland vajande"
2 Pergament: "och du snyftar, och du vet"
3 Pergament: "din"
4 Pergament: "ljuv som en månskäras hy. Din hy,"

Text Authorship:

  • by Erik Blomberg (1894 - 1965) [author's text not yet checked 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 Ingemar Kristian Liljefors (1906 - 1981), "Visan" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Moses Pergament (1893 - 1977), "Visan" [ chorus a cappella ], confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-23
Line count: 16
Word count: 117

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