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by Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906)
Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

Maj
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  FIN FRE
Luften är solig och skyarne tindra,
klarblåa böljorna locka och glindra;
fåglarne virka i häcken sitt bo;
rasande stormarne lagt sig till ro;

blommor och plantor på murarne pråla,
gifmilda blifva de karga och snåla,
klart som en klocka slår gökens kuku;
fåret lagt af sig sin ulliga skrud;

korna åt fältet förnöja sitt öga,
timmarne löpte i båset så tröga;
kvinnfolket skvallrar i solen mer gladt,
än när vid spiseln hon huttrande satt.

Ute på klippan sig stormfågeln lägrar.
Se, hvilka skaror af måsar och hägrar!
Kretsa ej mer rundt om krängande mast.
Gladt i min trädgård mig fågnar en trast;

och till mitt sinne, där skuggorna bodde,
som icke längre på solljuset trodde,
tränger en glimt så föryngrande varm:
våren har funnit en väg till min barm.

Confirmed with Ernst Josephson, Svarta Rosor och Gula, C. & E. Gernandts Förlags Aktiebolag, Stockholm, 1901, page 117.

In Sibelius's score there are some spelling changes: fåglarne -> foglarna ; kvinnfolket -> qvinnfolket.


Text Authorship:

  • by Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906), "Maj", appears in Svarta Rosor och Gula [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 Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Maj", op. 57 (8 sånger (Eight Songs)) no. 4 (1909) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • ENG English [singable] (Herbert Harper) , "May"
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Toukokuu", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Mai", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Theobald Rehbaum) , "Mai"


Researcher for this page: Pierre Mathé [Guest Editor]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 20
Word count: 129

Toukokuu
Language: Finnish (Suomi)  after the Swedish (Svenska) 
Ilma on aurinkoinen ja pilvenhattarat hohtavat,
kirkkaansiniset aallot kimaltelevat houkuttelevina;
linnut rakentelevat pesiään pensasaitaan;
raivoavat myrskyt ovat rauhoittuneet.

Kukat ja köynnökset koreilevat muureilla,
jurot ja saidatkin tulevat anteliaiksi,
kirkkaana kuin kello kaikuu käen kukunta,
lammas on päässyt eroon villapuvustaan.

Lehmät lepuuttavat silmiään vainioissa,
aika mateli niin kovin hitaasti parteen kytkettynä;
naisväen juttu luistaa auringossa iloisemmin
kuin lieden äärellä värjötellessä.

Myrskylintu on asettunut ulkoluodolle,
katsopa noita lokkien ja haikaroiden parvia,
äsken vielä pyörivät kallistuvan maston ympärillä.
Rastas puutarhassani ilahduttaa minua;

ja mieleeni, jossa varjot ennen asuivat,
sieluun, joka ei enää uskonut päivänpaisteeseen,
tulvahtaa häivähdys lämpöä, joka nuorentaa:
kevät on löytänyt tien minun rintaani.

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 Ernst Josephson (1851 - 1906), "Maj", appears in Svarta Rosor och Gula
    • Go to the text page.

 

This text was added to the website: 2010-01-14
Line count: 20
Word count: 102

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