Mörkgrön granskog skuggar över viken.
Tusen drömmar komma, drömmar gå.
[Över]1 böljans klara riken
aftonsolens strålar bryggor slå.

O, om bort på dem jag [kunde]2 draga,
fjärran bort från [bitter sorg och]3 nöd.
Famna livet som en fager saga,
vävd av böljesång och aftonglöd.

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¹ Peterson-Berger: "Medan över"
² Peterson-Berger: "finge"
³ Peterson-Berger: "sorg och bitter"

Text Authorship:

• by Daniel Fallström (1858 - 1937), "Aftonstämning" [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 Hugo Alfvén (1872 - 1960), "Aftonstämning", op. 4 (Tio sånger = Zehn Lieder für 1 Singstimme mit Pianofortebegleitung) no. 3, Rudén no. 27 no. 3 (1896-1899) [ voice and piano ], also set in German (Deutsch) [sung text not yet checked]
• by Sven August Körling (1842 - 1919), "Aftonstämning" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
• by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger (1867 - 1942), "Aftonstämning", 1888 [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Hugo Alfvén.
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This text was added to the website: 2011-08-31
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Word count: 44