Afskedet

O, du min vän, mig var i denna värld,
ej lyckan huld!  Hvarthän jag går?
Jag gär och vandrar emot bergen,
jag söker hvilan, hvilan för ett ensamt hjärta.
Jag vandrar emot hemmet, emot lugnet,
och aldrig skal jag dväljas i de fjärran rymder!

Tyst är mitt hjärta, väntar tyst sin timma.
Den kära jord, hur öffverallt
den blommar upp i vår och grönskar än på nytt!
Hur öffverallt och evigt
blåna icke fjärran rymder!
Evigt, evigt, evigt!

Input by Susan Treacy

Authorship

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , title unknown [an adaptation]

a text in German by Hans Bethge (1876-1946) , "Der Abschied des Freundes", copyright © by YinYang Media Verlag, (re)printed on this website with kind permission [an adaptation] CAT ENG ITA GER FRE

a text in French by Marie Jean Léon, Marquis d'Hervey-Saint-Denys (1823-1892) , "En se séparant d'un voyageur" [an adaptation] FRE

a text in Chinese by Wang Wei (701-761) , "送别"

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Ture Rangström (1884-1947) , "Afskedet", 1915, published 1916 [voice and piano], Wihelm Hansens förlag, Köpenhamn

by Hans Altmann (1904-1961) , "Der Abschied des Freundes", op. 24 (7 Lieder aus "Die chinesische Flöte") no. 2, published c1963. [voice and piano]

by Gustav Mahler (1860-1911) , "Der Abschied", 1908, from Das Lied von der Erde, no. 6. [see full setting text]

by (Olav) Fartein Valen (1887-1952) , "Der Abschied des Freundes", op. 8 no. 2 (1927) [voice and orchestra], from Chinesische Gedichte, no. 2.

Text added to the website: 2012-11-26.

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