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by Gustaf Fröding (1860 - 1911)

Jag köpte min kärlek för pengar
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Jag köpte min kärlek för pengar, 
för mig [var]1 ej annan att få, 
sjung vackert, I skorrande strängar, 
sjung vackert om kärlek ändå. 

Den drömmen, som aldrig besannats, 
som dröm var den vacker att få, 
för den, som ur Eden förbannats, 
är Eden ett Eden ändå.

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•   N. Berg •   W. Peterson-Berger 

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1 Peterson-Berger: "fanns"

Text Authorship:

  • by Gustaf Fröding (1860 - 1911), "En kärleksvisa", appears in Gralstänk, no. 7, first published 1898 [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 Natanael Berg (1879 - 1957), "En kärleksvisa" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Matti Borg (b. 1956), "En kärleksvisa", from 15 sånger til dikter av Gustaf Fröding, no. 10 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "En visa om kärlek", c1914 [ voice and piano ], from Två visor av Gustaf Fröding, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 47

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