by Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906)
Älvan och kardinalen
Language: Swedish (Svenska)
När kardinal'n en vacker dag njöt morgonen i fulla drag så, gissa, vad han skåda fick? Spritt naken älva fin och kvick! För ögonen sin hand han bär, min Gud, min Gud, det rent ej är, men liten älva så muntert ler: "Så se då hit, jag råder er!" Och småningom sin hand han tar från ögonen. Jo, rent det var, jo rent det var. Hans barm, hans gård fick blomsterskrud, ty hon var vårens sändebud.
Text Authorship:
- by Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906) [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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Älvan och kardinalen", op. 27 no. 5 (1922), published 1924 [voice and piano], from Fantasi och verklighet I, no. 5, Wilhelm Hansen [ sung text verified 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , title 1: "Keijukainen ja kardinaali ", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- ENG English (Dylan Hughes) , title 1: "The Elf and the Cardinal", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Dylan Hughes) , title 1: "Keijukainen ja Kardinaali", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , title 1: "Quand par une belle journée le cardinal", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Dylan Hughes
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-21
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