by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)
Törnet
Language: Swedish (Svenska)
Törne, du min syskonplanta, Svept i vinterns is, försmås du, Höljd af taggar, hatas du. Men jag tänker: kommer våren, Slår du ut i blad och rosor, Och en växt fins ej på jorden, Ljuf och älskad såsom du. O, hur mången törnestängel Står ej naken i naturen, Som behöfde kärlek blott, Blott en solblick af ett hjerta, För att kläda sig i rosor Och hvart väsens glädje bli!
Text Authorship:
- by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Törnet", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Idyll och epigram [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 Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Törnet", op. 170 no. 3 (1931) [ voice and piano ], from 3 Runeberg-sånge = Three Runeberg songs, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Törnet", 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Idyll, no. 5, also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Törnet", op. 88 (6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 5 (1917) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947) , "Der Dornstrauch" ; composed by Ture Rangström.
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Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Orjantappura", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Dornstrauch", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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