by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923)
Dagen svalnar mot kvällen
Language: Swedish (Svenska)
Our translations: FRE
Dagen svalnar mot kvällen... Drick värmen ur min hand, min hand har samma blod som våren. Tag min hand, tag min vita arm, tag mina smala axlars längtan... Det vore underligt att känna, en enda natt, en natt som denna, ditt tunga huvud mot mitt bröst.
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Text Authorship:
- by Edith Irene Södergran (1892 - 1923), no title, appears in Dikter, in Dagen svalnar... , no. 1, first published 1916 [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 Carita Holmström (b. 1954), "Dagen svalnar", 1977 [voice and piano], from Dagen svalnar, no. 1. [ sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2009-12-03
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