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by Karl August Tavaststjerna (1860 - 1898)

Fågellek
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  FIN FRE
Daggen har duggat,
skymningen skuggat
skogarnas björkar och strändernas häll.
Djupt ur min lunga
skyndar jag sjunga
salltrastens lockton i lyssnande kväll.

Kanske ur snåren
bäras med kåren
srånande tonfall min trängtan till tröst,
kanske jag kände
hennes, som tände
lågande längtan i sångarens bröst!

Kanske hon finge
kärlekens vinge,
flög i min famn öfver sjöar och mo ;
kanske vi kunde
hinna den sjunde
himlen tillsammans i aftonens ro !

Confirmed with Dikter i väntan af Karl A. Tavaststjerna, Borgå Werner Söderström, Helsingfors Finska Litteratur-Sällskapets tryckeri, 1890, p. 159.


Text Authorship:

  • by Karl August Tavaststjerna (1860 - 1898), "Fågellek" [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), "Fågellek", op. 17 (Seitsemän yksinlaulua pianon säestyksellä = Sju sånger (Seven songs)) no. 3 (1891) [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Jeu d'oiseau", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 18
Word count: 69

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