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På drivans snö där glimmar en diamant så klar. Ej fanns en tår, en pärla, som högre skimrat har. Utav en hemlig längtan hon blänker himmelskt så: hon blickar emot solen, där skön den ses uppgå. Vid foten av dess stråle tillbedjande hon står och kysser den i kärlek och smälter i en tår. O, sköna lott att älska det högsta livet ter, att stråla i dess solblick och dö, när skönst den ler!
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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), "Demanten på marssnön", op. 36 (Kuusi yksinlaulua pianon säestyksellä = 6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 6 (1900), orchestrated 1900>> [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Anna Hersey) , "The diamond on the March snow", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Timantti maaliskuun hangella", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le diamant sur la neige de mars", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Der Diamant auf Märzenschnee", copyright © 2018, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 74
On the driven snow there glimmers a diamond so bright. Never was there a tear, a pearl, that shimmered as bright. Out of a secret longing she shines towards heaven: she gazes at the sun, where it rises in beauty. At the foot of these rays she stands adoring, and kisses it with love and melts into a teardrop. Oh beautiful fate, to love the highest that life has to offer, to sparkle in this glimpse of the sun and die, when it smiles so beautifully.
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- Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to English copyright © 2011 by Anna Hersey, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., please ask the copyright-holder(s) directly.
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- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Josef Julius Wecksell (1838 - 1907)
This text was added to the website: 2011-08-02
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Word count: 86