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by Josef Julius Wecksell (1838 - 1907)

Demanten på marssnön
Language: Swedish (Svenska) 
Our translations:  ENG FIN FRE GER
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!

Note: modern Swedish would spell the title "Diamanten på marssnön".


Text 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):

  • 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


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: 74