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Original lyrics
Gärdebylåten
Viljen I så lekom vi fiol med varandra,
viljen I så lekom vi fiol med varandra.
Vindarna har stillnat kring vår lek
och Siljan ligger blek.
Tonerna de ger oss både skrattet och gråten,
viljen I så spelom vi nu Gärdebylåten.
Frejdigt kvintilerar ni som lek.
Fiolioli !
Låtom stråkarna gå från moll till brusande dur.
Se skyarna! Hör klangen vill i björk och fur
från säterkulans lur!
Låtom stråkarna gå från moll till brusande dur
tills solen klättrat över skogens gröna mur,
sommargröna mur.
Submitted by SaintMark on 2016-04-13
Translation
The Gärdeby Tune
If you will, let us play our fiddles together.
If you will, let us play our fiddles together.
The winds have calmed
And lake Siljan lies smooth. (1)
The tunes bring both laughter and tears.
If you will, let us now play the Gärdeby tune. (2)
Boldly you will pluck the strings like we do.
Fiolioli !
Let the bow strokes go from minor to soaring major.
Behold the sky, hear the tunes among birch and pine.
From our mountain pasture
Let the bow strokes go from minor to soaring major.
Until the sun has climbed over the forest’s green wall,
The summer-green wall
Thanks! ❤ | ||
thanked 2 times |
Submitted by SaintMark on 2016-04-13
Last edited by SaintMark on 2017-01-27
Author's comments:
(1) Siljan, in Dalarna in central Sweden, is Sweden's sixth largest lake
(2) The Gärdeby Tune derives from Gärdebyn, a place in the Rättvik municipality in Central Sweden, on the eastern shore of Lake Siljan.
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