by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877)
Men min fågel märks dock icke
Language: Swedish (Svenska)
Svanen speglas ren i sundet, knipans vita vingar vina, lärkan höres högt i höjden, spovens rop kring kärret rullar, våren samlar sina skaror, får sin fågelflock tillbaka, väntar dem med sol och värme, lockar dem med långa dagar. Och jag, arma flicka, fiker, söker skingra saknans mörker, vårda värmen i mitt sinne, vill som våren vänlig vara, synas ljus som sommardagen. Och jag gläds, fast sorgen gnager, ler, fast tåren trängs i ögat, men min fågel märks dock icke.
Authorship:
- by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), appears in Lyriska dikter II, in Ett litet öde, no. 9 [author's text not yet checked 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 Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Men min fågel märks dock icke", op. 36 (Kuusi yksinlaulua pianon säestyksellä = 6 sånger (Six Songs)) no. 2 (1899) [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- ENG English (Laura Prichard) , "For my bird hasn’t returned yet", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Mutta minun lintuani ei näy, ei kuulu", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Laura Prichard) , "Mais mon oiseau est long à revenir", copyright © 2017, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- GER German (Deutsch) [singable] (Bertram Kottmann) , "Muss doch meinen Vogel missen", 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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