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by Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864 - 1931)

Aspåkers‑polska
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  ENG GER
Hvarför sitta vi så still och tysta?
Ha vi uttömt alla kära ord?
Äro alla de små läppar kyssta
som gå leende kring detta bord?
Äro alla de små kvinnor gifta
som gå trippande i denna sal?
Finns här inga hjonelag att stifta,
brinna inga hjärtan i vår dal?

- Jag skall varpa garn och jag skall nysta,
jag skall kärna smör och klippa får.
Aldrig äro mina läppar kyssta,
aldrig bliva de i detta år.
Jag skall plocka bär och väva vammal,
jag skall verka, förr'n jag blir för tung.
Om jag gifter mej, när jag blir gammal,
skall jag taga dej, om du är ung.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   W. Peterson-Berger 

Note: modernized spelling causes "Hvarför" to become "Varför" (as used in the Peterson-Berger score).

Text Authorship:

  • by Erik Axel Karlfeldt (1864 - 1931), "Aspåkers-polska" [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 Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Aspåkers-polska", 1901, from Fridolins lustgård, no. 5 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

  • ENG English (Anna Hersey) , "Polska from Aspåker", copyright © 2011, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Polska aus Aspåker", copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 107

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