Tanken
Language: Swedish (Svenska)
Available translation(s): FIN FRE
Tanke, se, hur fågeln svingar
Under molnet lätt och fri;
Även du har dina vingar
Och din rymd att flyga i.
Klaga ej att du vid gruset
Som en fånge binds ännu;
Lätt som fågeln, snabb som ljuset,
Mer än båda fri är du.
Är det glatt på jorden, vila
Bland dess fröjder glad också;
Är det sorgligt, ila, ila
Bort till högre världar då.
Authorship:
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Ajatus", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Pensée", copyright © 2009, (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.
Line count: 12
Word count: 65
Pensée
Language: French (Français)  after the Swedish (Svenska)
Pensée, regarde comment l'oiseau se balance
sous le nuage, léger et libre;
Toi aussi tu as des ailes
et un espace dans lequel tu peux voler.
Ne te plains pas que comme un prisonnier
Tu es lié à la terre ;
Léger comme l'oiseau, rapide comme la lumière,
Tu es libre qu'eux deux.
C'est une joie de se reposer sur terre
Aussi heureux parmi ses liesses ;
Si tu es triste, va vite, vite,
Vers un monde plus élevé.
Authorship:
- Translation from Swedish (Svenska) to French (Français) copyright © 2009 by Guy Laffaille, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Johan Ludvig Runeberg (1804 - 1877), from Dikter. Tredje Häftet, first published 1843
This text was added to the website: 2009-09-21
Line count: 12
Word count: 79