by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)
Hvarför suckar bäckens bölja
Language: Swedish (Svenska)
Hvarför suckar bäckens bölja, Klagar sakta under färden, Far i krokar öfver fältet, Böjer bugter öfver ängen, Viker af från vägen ofta, Färdas blott ett stycke framåt, Slingrar nästa stund tillbaka? Så jag färdas sjelf mot fjerran, Går mot obekanta öden, Tar ett steg och ser tillbaka, Vandrar fram och vänder åter, Vill ännu se hemmets höjder, Röken från min faders boning.
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Text Authorship:
- by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), "Så jag färdas sjelf mot fjerran", appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Ett litet öde, no. 3 [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 Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Så jag färdas sjelf mot fjärran", op. 171 no. 1 (1931) [ voice and piano ], from Runeberg-sånger = Runeberg songs, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "Så jag färdas själv mot fjärran", 1917, published 1947 [ voice and piano ], from Idyll, no. 11, 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) , "So geht auch mein Weg in's Weite" ; composed by Ture Rangström.
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