Allena var jag,
han kom allena;
förbi min bana
hans bana ledde.
Han dröjde icke,
men tänkte dröja,
han talte icke,
men ögat talte.
Du obekante,
du välbekante!
En dag försvinner,
ett år förflyter,
det ena minnet
det andra jagar;
den korta stunden
blev hos mig evigt,
den bittra stunden,
den ljuva stunden.

Confirmed with Johan Ludvig Runebergs Samlada Skrifter, F. & G. Beijers Förlag, Stockholm, 1870; Akademiska Boktryckeriet, Ed. Berling, Uppsala 1870.

Text Authorship:

• by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Den enda stunden", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram [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 Erik Bergman (1911 - 2006), "Den enda stunden", op. 33 no. 6 (1949) [ chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Carl Ludvig Lithander (1773 - 1843), "Den enda stunden" [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Oskar Merikanto (1868 - 1924), "Den enda stunden", op. 36 (3 Laulua) no. 1 (1899) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Den enda stunden", 1917, published 1948 [ voice and piano ], from Idyll, no. 12, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947) ; composed by Ture Rangström.
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• FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "L'heure unique", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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