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by Carl David af Wirsén (1842 - 1912)

Aftonklockan 
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Jag mins, hur förr vid klockans klang
Jag hem från skog och hagar sprang,
Jag sjöng och sjöng, min hjord jag dref;
Vid stugans grind hur glad jag blef!
Ty der var han
Och ingen ann,
Och solens sista stråle såg
Hur vid hans hjerta flickan låg.

Nu käns det svårt när klockan slår,
Med tunga steg dithem jag går;
Vid stugans grind han syns ej mer,
De lagt se'n länge honom ner
På bädd så hård
I kyrkogård.
O det var der, jag mins det nog,
Som ständigt solens stråle dog. 

Text Authorship:

  • by Carl David af Wirsén (1842 - 1912), "Aftonklockan" [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 Frithiof Hertzman (1837 - 1910), "Aftonklockan", 1905 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Amanda Maier (1853 - 1894), "Aftonklockan", 1878 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Ludvig Norman (1831 - 1885), "Aftonklockan ", op. 49 no. 3 (1877-8) [ voice and piano ], from Sånger till dikter av C D af Wirsen, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-21
Line count: 16
Word count: 92

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