by Karin Boye (1900 - 1941)

Till någon som är mycket ung
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Späda nymåne,
vita nymåne,
blekskimrande låga, tänd
i nattens vita rum,

skira blåvinge,
sköra blåvinge,
yrvaken och väntansspänd
då skymning faller ljum,

spröda blomklocka,
klara blomklocka,
glasbräckliga flarn,

alf och vårväsen,
sylf och vårväsen --
lycka må ske dig, barn!

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  • Also set in English, a translation by David McDuff (b. 1945) , "To someone who is very young" ; composed by Maria Lithell Flyg.

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