Anne Sofie Von Otter - Vandraren (The Wanderer)

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Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871 - 1927):
VANDRAREN

This song is no. 1 of Stenhammars Op. 26: "Visor och stämningar" ("Songs and Mood-pictures").

Här ur mossiga klippans famn uppväller
ren och klar en melodisk källas vatten,
här ej ofta beträddes
gräset af människofot.

Aldrig skönare böjda grenar såg jag
sträcka bävande, fina bågar, tyngda
rikt af daggiga rosors
välluktberusande mängd.

Källa, du som vakande mildt min sömn beskyddat,
tyst och lätt hänsorlande sakta silvervågen,
dig beprisade skaldens
korta melodiska sång.

(Vilhelm Ekelund)

Here from deep within the mossy rocks wells up
pure and clear the water of a melodious spring,
here the grass has not often
been trodden by human foot.

Never have I seen more beautifully arching branches
stretch trembling, fine curves, richly
weighed down with dewy roses
fragrant-intoxicating host.

Well-spring, you whose vigil gently guards my slumber,
soft and light silver wave, quietly murmuring,
you have been extolled by the minstrel's
short, melodious song.

(translation by David Fanning)

Anne Sofie Von Otter (mezzo-soprano)
Bengt Forsberg (piano)

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