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by Edvard Bäckström (1841 - 1886)

Vårsparfven
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Sparfven sjöng för vårens drifvor
djupt i skog,
Sjöng om sippor och om vifvor,
sjöng och dog.
Strax var ej likväl hans hjerta
riktigt kallt
och för glöden hos hans smärta
vårsnön smalt.
Kom så, vid en vink af sunnan,
vårens hopp,
Stego då, der snön brast unnan,
sippor opp;
Syntes, vänliga och milda,
rundt omkring
den förfrusne sparfven bilda
sorgsen ring.
Ensligt lif bland stela klippor;
oförstådt;
Död af köld, men graf af sippor:
sångarlott! 

Text Authorship:

  • by Edvard Bäckström (1841 - 1886) [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 Ludvig Norman (1831 - 1885), "Vårsparfven", op. 37 (Sånger och visor) no. 4 (1876) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-10-05
Line count: 20
Word count: 76

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