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by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)

Hvilken sällhet skön att synas
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Hvilken fröjd att vara vacker,
Hvilken sällhet skön att synas!
Vore jag så mörk som mången,
Ful som flere andra flickor,
Fick jag ej i källor skåda,
Ej i bäckar se mitt anlet;
Källans skönhet kunde störas,
Bäckens silfver sotbesmittas.
Tordes knappt på ängen träda,
Att ej blomstren skulle skrämmas,
Blomma hviska tyst till blomma:
Är det nässlan, är det tisteln,
Kanske kardborrn sjelf, som kommer?

Text Authorship:

  • by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Hvilken sällhet skön att synas!", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Ett litet öde, no. 7 [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 Algot Haquinius (1886 - 1966), "Hvilken sällhet skön att synas", 1926 [ sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Hvilken sällhet skön att synas", 1917, published 1918 [voice and piano], from Idyll, no. 13, 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) , "Welche Wonne schön zu scheinen" ; composed by Ture Rangström.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2008-08-28
Line count: 13
Word count: 66

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