by Frans Mikael Franzén (1772 - 1847)
Vitsippan
Language: Swedish (Svenska)
Se vitsippan hur täck hon är, men ack! hur förgänglig. Knappt av din hand hon bryts, innan hon dör i din hand. Henne i ömhet lik som i täckhet, akta dig, flicka, att, av förförar'n kysst, du ej må vissna som hon.
Text Authorship:
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), "Vitsippan", op. 88 (6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 3 (1917) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Das Buschwindröschen", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-01-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 42