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Af ädla [blomster]1 vill jag linda en slinga kring min käras hår, af kära minnen vill jag binda en krans åt dig för ålderns år. Med mina händer vill jag vira den kringom den jag hafver kär, ditt gråa hår skall kransen sira ännu, när jag ej mera är. [Och]2 däjelig och ung i dansen min kära är, men icke glad -- så är en tagg i denna kransen och gift i dessa blommors blad. Jag ser en droppe blod, som stänker af kransen kring min käras hår, så är ett kval i allt jag skänker, min skänk gör ont, min krans ger sår.
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with Gustaf Fröding, Stänk och Flikar. Dikter, Tredje Samlingen, Stockholm, Albert Bonniers Förlag, pages 125-126.
1 Hallén: "blommor"2 Alnæs, Rangström: "Si"
Text Authorship:
- by Gustaf Fröding (1860 - 1911), "En visa till Karin när hon hade dansat", appears in Stänk och flikar, in Ur kung Eriks visor, no. 3 [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 Eyvind Alnæs (1872 - 1932), "En visa till Karin när hon hade dansat", op. 35 no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Matti Borg (b. 1956), "En visa till Karin", from 15 sånger til dikter av Gustaf Fröding, no. 7 [sung text not yet checked]
- by (Johan) Andreas Hallén (1846 - 1925), "En visa till Karin' när hon hade dansat" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Algot Haquinius (1886 - 1966), "En visa till Karin när hon hade dansat", 1915-1918 [ voice and piano ], from Kung Eriks visor, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "En visa till Karin när hon dansa", op. 29 no. 1, from Ur Kung Eriks visor, no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ture Rangström (1884 - 1947), "En visa till Karin när hon hade dansat", published 1918 [ voice and piano ], from Ur Kung Eriks visor, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Laulu Kaarinalle, kun hän oli tanssinut", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 105
Jaloista kukista tahdon kietoa seppeleen rakkaani hiuksiin, rakkaista muistoista tahdon sitoa seppeleen sinun vanhuusvuosiksesi. Omin käsin tahdon sillä koristella hänet, jota rakastan, se seppele koristakoon harmaita hiuksiasi vielä silloinkin, kun minua ei enää ole. Niin ihana ja nuori tansiessaan on minun rakkaani, mutta iloinen hän ei ole; tässäkin seppeleessä on piikki ja sen kukkien lehdissä myrkkyä. Näen pisaran verta, joka tipahtaa seppeleestä rakkaani kutrien ympärillä, kaikessa, minkä hänelle annan, on tuskaa, lahjani tekee kipeää, seppeleeni haavoittaa.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to Finnish (Suomi) copyright © 2010 by Erkki Pullinen, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Gustaf Fröding (1860 - 1911), "En visa till Karin när hon hade dansat", appears in Stänk och flikar, in Ur kung Eriks visor, no. 3
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-10
Line count: 16
Word count: 76