Vattnet rörs och vinden spelar, vind och vatten ta varann. Bakom skogens glesa dungar gula rågen gungar av och an. Det är bara du som felar. Hjärtat saktar sina slag. Jag hör svag musik som spelar mig till sömns i dag. Molnen glida lätt som vita svanar över himlens sjö, men de tiga där de fara, svanar sjunga bara när de dö. Ont och tungt har jag fått slita, det är tungt på tiggarstig. Jag vill fara med de vita svanarna till dig.
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Text Authorship:
- by Bo Bergman (1869 - 1967), "Adagio", appears in Marionetterna [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 Josef Eriksson (1872 - 1957), "Adagio", op. 5 (4 sånger) no. 2 (1905) [sung text not yet checked]
- by Oskar Fredrik Lindberg (1887 - 1955), "Adagio", c1915 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Adagio", 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Lyrik: Sechs Gedichte, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871 - 1927), "Adagio", op. 20 no. 5 (1903) [ voice and piano ], from Fem sånger till dikter av Bo Bergman, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-09-17
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Word count: 83