En blomma | Hon spirade upp vid korsets fot

En blomma

Language: Swedish (Svenska)

Our translations: FRE

Hon spirade upp vid korsets fot
på enslig grav,
ett brustet hjärta åt hennes rot
sin livssaft gav.

Hon blickade ljuvligt, hon nickade täckt
med tårstänkt kalk för nattlig vind:
den bleka purpurn i hennes dräkt
har skimrat förr på en flickas kind.

Det lästes en gåta i ungmöns blick,
som snart var stoft;
en yngling vid graven tydningen fick
i blommans doft.

Confirmed with Viktor Rydberg, Dikter, Atlantis, Stockholm, 1996, page 44.

Text Authorship:

by Viktor Rydberg (1828 - 1895), "En blomma", appears in Dikter, first published 1914 [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 (Johan) Andreas Hallén (1846 - 1925), "En blomma", published 1899 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Alf Hurum (1882 - 1972), "En blomma", op. 11 (Sanger) no. 2 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Leevi Antti Madetoja (1887 - 1947), "En blomma", op. 13 (Sekakuorolauluja = Songs for Mixed Choir) no. 1 (1910), first performed 1911 [ mixed chorus ], also set in Finnish (Suomi) [sung text checked 1 time]
by Ernest Pingoud (1887 - 1942), "En blomma", op. 11 (Fyra sånger) no. 1 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
by Albert Runbäck (1894 - 1974), "En blomma", 1917, rev. 1970 [sung text not yet checked]
by Adolf Wiklund (1879 - 1950), "En blomma", 1899 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

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Also set in Finnish (Suomi), a translation by Heikki Klemetti (1876 - 1953) ; composed by Leevi Antti Madetoja.
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This text was added to the website: 2008-08-24
Line count: 12
Word count: 63