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by Verner von Heidenstam (1859 - 1940)

Vore jag ett litet barn 
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  GER
Vore jag ett litet barn,
då skulle jag gå ut och leka,
bygga mig en liten kvarn
och ro i min lilla eka. 

Mången vän, som här jag vann,
under vita lakan blundar,
och nu är jag en gammal man,
som sitter vid brasan och grundar.

Gåta, saga, jordedag,
ditt djup kan ingen loda.
Ännu samma barn är jag
och människorna goda.

Text Authorship:

  • by Verner von Heidenstam (1859 - 1940), "Vore jag ett litet barn", appears in Nya dikter, first published 1915 [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 Wilhelm (Vilhelm) Eugen Stenhammar (1871 - 1927), "Vore jag ett litet barn ", op. 37 no. 4 (1918) [ voice and piano ], from Fyra dikter av Verner von Heidenstam , no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Wäre ich ein kleines Kind", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2015-10-27
Line count: 12
Word count: 62

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