by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941)
Translation © by David McDuff (b. 1945)
Till någon som är mycket ung
Language: Swedish (Svenska)
Späda nymåne, vita nymåne, blekskimrande låga, tänd i nattens vita rum, skira blåvinge, sköra blåvinge, yrvaken och väntansspänd då skymning faller ljum, spröda blomklocka, klara blomklocka, glasbräckliga flarn, alf och vårväsen, sylf och vårväsen -- lycka må ske dig, barn!
Confirmed with Karin Boye, karinboye.se/verk/dikter/dikter/till-nagon-som-ar.shtml, Karin Boye Sällskapet
Text Authorship:
- by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941), "Till någon som är mycket ung", appears in Härdarna [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 Jan Wallgren (1935 - 1996), "Till någon som är mycket ung", 1992 [ soprano and string quartet ], from Karins sånger, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in English, a translation by David McDuff (b. 1945) , "To someone who is very young", copyright © ; composed by Maria Lithell Flyg.
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This text was added to the website: 2026-01-11
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Word count: 39
To someone who is very young
Language: English after the Swedish (Svenska)
Slender new moon [ ... ]
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Text Authorship:
- by David McDuff (b. 1945), "To someone who is very young", copyright © [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941), "Till någon som är mycket ung", appears in Härdarna
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Maria Lithell Flyg (b. 1965), "To someone who is very young", 2019 [ men's chorus ], Svensk Musik
Score: Svensk Musik - Preview [external link] [sung text checked 1 time]
This text was added to the website: 2026-01-11
Line count: 14
Word count: 50