I was in the same TV-show as Hootenanny Singers in the end of the 1960's, when I was 14-15 years old. This was the 2nd time I met Björn Ulvaeus. I met him for the 3rd time 15 years ago, when I, Bjrön Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson were the main speakers at a conference about the author Vilhelm Moberg in the Royal Library in Stockholm (I spoke about "Vilhelm Moberg and the theatre", which his daughter the author Eva Moberg had asked me to do, and Björn and Benny spoke about their work on creating the musical "Kristina från Duvemåla", based on 4 of Moberg's novels).
Omkring tiggarn från Luossa is one of Dan Anderssons nirvana-poems from Black ballads (Svarta ballader). When he wrote the poem 1917 he had studied Indian philosophy of religion. He searched peace, something like a death sleep. "It's something beyond the mountain, beyond the flowers and the song, it's something beyond stars, beyond my hot heart." I hope you continue to listen to intepreters of Dan Andersson. In my opinion Thorstein Bergman is the greatest. Listen to Helgdagskväll i timmerkojan, live from Hylands hörna. You will love it!
This song is very poetic and not easy to understand for sure, but I would say it's about someone who can never find peace in life because he's always looking for something "beyond" that can only be found in heaven. Translation (direct, not poetic): Around the beggar from Luossa all the people sat in a ring, and by the campfire they heard his song. And about beggars and roadmen, and about wonderful things, and about his longing he sang all night long: "There's something beyond the mountains, beyond the flowers and the song, there's something beyond the stars, beyond my hot heart. Hear - something is whispering, beckoning me and asks: Come to us, for this earth is not your kingdom! I have listened to the calm waves against the shore, I have dreamed of the wild seas resting. And in my spirit I have hastened towards the shapeless lands, where the dearest things we've known will be forgotten. To a wild and eternal longing, we were born by pale mothers, from the birth labours our first lament rose. We were thrown towards the mountains and fields to tumble about and play, and we played moose and lion, butterfly, beggar and god. If I sat quiet by her side, she, whose heart was like mine, if she with soft hands created our nest, I still heard my heart call, What you own isn't yours, and I was taken away by the spirit to get peace. What I love, it is beyond, and hidden in an obscure distance, and my true path is high and wonderful. And I am enticed in the midst of the noise, to pray before the Lord: 'Take all the earth away, I want to own what no one, no one has!' Follow me, brother, beyond the mountains, with the calm cool rivers, where all the ocean falls asleep, slowly, in a bed surrounded by mountains. Somewhere beyond the heavens is my home, and my mother, among the gold-spattered mists dressed in a rosy cloak. May the black, salt waters cool the red, fevered cheeks, may we be miles from life before the morning is full! I wasn't of this world, and I suffered eternal struggles, for my worries, my unfaithfulness, and my hot love. By a seashell-strewn ocean beach stands a gate of heavy roses, where the rotting wrecks rest and tired men are at peace. High songs never heard before sing like the echoes of violins under arches where, eternally young, live the children of blessedness."
I've been suggesting Hootenanny Singers every now and then for a long time and finally you got to it. :-) I'm so glad you liked it! I'm old enough to remember those 52 weeks at Svensktoppen, so the song is imprinted to my brain for ever and I don't think I'll ever get tired of it.
I haven't been able to listen to this song without crying since my dad died, and I thought I was doing fine this time until "följ mig broder bortom bergen" when it just hit me so hard I had to sit down and bawl my eyes out for a while. It's not even as if my dad ever mentioned this song or that it brings up any particular memory, it's just so powerful in itself somehow. 😭
This is a great one, Dan Andersson was a great poet that passed away way too early. I discovered his poems through the singer Sofia Karlsson, her version of this song does not disappoint if you want to hear another version.
The man to the left is Björn Ulveus from ABBA. This poem is written in an old swedish with words we don´t use nowadays....My best friend sang this on my wedding.
Thorstein Bergman have made a lot of Dan Anderssons poetry. You need to listen to Till min Syster. Helgdagskväll i timmerkojan.Jag väntar vid min stockeld. Ulf Lundell have made a nice version of Tiggaren från Luossa... Well worth listening to.
You haven't done the Knife yet either: Heartbeats, Pass this on and Silent Shout Are their most famous songs. What's extra fun about The Knife is that it's underground/indie electronic music, which normally reaches a rather narrow audience, but they managed to reach a wider mass and there's something Swedish about that that type of music can succeed and become very popular here..
Wow. It sure brings back memories from my youth in the 1960's, born and growing up in Sweden. Now living in Canada since 1974 I remember people and memories from back then.. Its a lovely worded song written by Dan Andersson in early 1900's. Funny how a song from looong ago can bring back so many sweet memories....Thanks for this.
So glad you liked this song! Another powerful song from a poem by Dan Andersson is "Spelmannen" - Sofia Karlsson has a nice version if you want to listen to it.
Sofia Karlsson sings Dan Andersson very well. I've heard her sing him live and it was a wonderful concert. But for me no one beats Thorstein Bergman's interpretations. In my opinion his album "Dan Andersson" is one of the best Swedish albums ever made (though of course you can't _really_ make such a claim as that would mean comparing so many different musical genres).
This is a real gem, Dan Andersson's poem were a favourite of my grand-father and a real cultural gem. That they are sung by Hootenanny Singers with Björn later of Abba fame, does make it even better
Nu har du hört vad Björn från ABBA gjorde innan ABBA Så nu kan du lyssna på vad Benny gjorde, han spelade klaviatur i popgruppen Hep Stars Och började redan då skriva musik.
The composer or writer is or was Dan Andersson. He went to sleep in a hotel-room here in Stockholm. He never woke up. Staff had tried to get rid of lice by fumigating with cyanide. They sadly had not aired the room enough.
This is old poetry language and not easy to understand for any of us - but it is beautiful and you can sort of get the essence of it even though you don't understand every word. It is the same thing with many of our well known songs and hymns. This song is beautiful and has been stuck in my head since I heard your reaction yesterday.
This song has the most beautiful Swedish words I I know. There is something about several of Dan Anderssons poems that kind of takes me on an imaginary tour around the Swedish wilderness. The smell of the pine trees, the rapids, the mountains. The music kind of plays second fiddle in this song. But I can see how it can be a bit like a Swede reading Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley for the first time.
Oh, I agree that Dan Andersson's poetry brings out your imagination as you are mesmerized by his use of the language. It is captivating and incredibly beautiful. He is one of my two favourite poets. The other, who shares many of his qualities, is (of course) Gustaf Fröding.
It's not strange that you think of Ted Gärdestad, because he recorded his albums in the same studio at the same time and with more or less the same studio musicians for the same record label Polar. And as others have already mentioned, the lead singer is Björn Ulveaus from ABBA, who also produced Ted Gärdestad's albums together with Benny Andersson (who I am quite sure plays the piano on this track, since Hootenanny Singers didn't have any pianist).
I had this one on my mothers funeral 7 years ago. She loved this song with the Hootenanny Singers. I always cry when I hear it, since it´s SO much her. I hate death.
I'm not surprised that you don't follow that lyric, as it's difficult even for a native Swede. Here is a translation, but I would say that it is a slightly simplified translation, where more difficult/older Swedish words have been replaced by simpler/newer English. Around the Beggar From Luossa : Around the beggar from Luossa, all the people sat in a circle, and by the campfire they heard his song. And about mendicants1 and highwaymen and about wonderful things, and about his longing, he sang all night long:
"There is something beyond the mountains, beyond the flowers and the song, there is something behind the stars,behind my passionate heart. Hear - something's going around whispering, going tempting me and asking: Come to us, for this earth, it is not your realm!
I have listened to the quiet4 surf against the shore, I have dreamed of the wild seas' rest. And in my spirit I have flitted towards the shapeless lands, where that which was dearest to us shall be forgotten.
To a wild and eternal longing we were born by pale mothers, out of the worries' birth pains, our first wail rose We were thrown6 on mountains and plains to tumble about and play, and we played elk7 and lion, butterfly, beggar and god.
I sat quietly by her side, she, whose heart was like mine, with soft hands she tenderly8 made our home, I heard my heart call out, what you own is not yours, and I was carried away by my spirit to find peace.
What I love, it is beyond and hidden in an obscure faraway land, and my true path is high and wonderful.9 And I am tempted, in the midst of the alarm, to pray before the Lord: 'Take away all of the earth, I want to own what no one, no one has!'
Follow me, brother, beyond the mountains, with the still, cool, rivers, where all of the sea slowly falls asleep within a mountain-wreathed bed. Somewhere beyond the sky is my home, (there) I have my mother, in the midst of goldsprinkled mists, clad in a rosen cloak.
May the black briny waters cool fevery red cheeks, may we be miles and miles13from life before the morning is full! I was not of this world, and I suffered eternal hardships for my worry, my disbelief, and my passionate love's sake.
By a shell-strewn seashore stands a gate of heavy roses, where the wrecks rot at rest and the tired men find peace. Never heard high songs sing like the echoes of violins under vaults where eternally young children of beatitudelive." lyricstranslate.com
This one of those iconic Swedish songs in traditional “visa”. And already then you can hear what one day will be the sound of ABBA since Björn love this old traditional songs. This song, just like “Ack Värmeland du sköna” is the Nordic soul that most Swedes know and can feel in the heart.
Round the beggar from Luossa people gathered in a ring, by the campfire they sat and heard his song. And of wayfarers and mendicants and every wondrous thing and of his longing he sang to them all night long. “There is something beyond mountains, beyond flowers, beyond singing, there is something there behind the star, behind my burning heart. Hearken, something goes there whispering, goes there calling me and praying ‘come to us, for of this earthly kingdom you are not a part.’ I have listened to the tranquil waves that roll against the beach, to dream of wild seas’ rest has been my lot. And in spirit I have hastened towards the formless lands where the dearest thing we knew shall be forgot. To a wild, eternal longing we were born by pallid mothers, from the labour pains of troubles rose our first and anguished cry. We were thrown on plains and mountains then, to play with all our brothers, and we played there elk and lion, beggar, god and butterfly. I sat silent by her side, she whose heart was like to mine, with hands so soft she tended to our nest. But I heard my heart then calling: ‘what thou ownest is not thine’ and the spirit came and bore me off to rest. What I love is far away beyond, concealed in distant darkness, and high and wonderful is my true way. And amid this clamour I am called to pray before the Heavens: What no-one has I want to own, take all the earth away! Follow, brother, beyond mountains, to the cool and peaceful rivers, where in beds of mountain garlands all sea slowly goes to sleep. Somewhere there beyond the heavens is my home, I have my mother, in the golden-sprinkled mists, dressed in rosy mantle deep. May the black and salty waters cool the cheeks that burn with fever, let’s be miles away from life before the morning breaks above! Not of this world was I, brother; hardships without end I suffered for the sake of worries, faithlessness and of my burning love. By a shore all dressed in seashells stands a gate of roses heavy, therein sleep the mouldered shipwrecks, and the tired men find rest. Songs unheard and high there sing like violins in distant echoes under arches where eternal children live forever blessed. Thats the translation to English lingo!
Lovely reaction to one of my all-time favorite songs. Another suggestion for you to check out would be Sofia Karlsson - Jag väntar, since the lyrics to that song was written by the same poet (Dan Andersson) as this song. Sofia has many other lovely songs as well.
thorstein bergman tycker jag är den som gjort dan andersson bäst (fun fact: jag bor inte så långt från dan anderssons stuga, skattlösberg - loussastugan, museum, har paddlat i pajso å som han diktar om)
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Förslag. Cacka Israelsson - "Gamle Svarten" en sann klassiker
I think you'd like Hep Stars - Mot okänt land, it's also a member of ABBA and a really good song. Hep Stars have done a lot of good songs, as well as Hootenanny Singers. In fact, the whole ABBA group has done creative songs. It's like a black hole of creativity those people lol
My advice about understanding the niceties of the Swedish language, take a trip to the library and immerse yourself in the wonderful poetry and richness of our prose. Take your time, be patient and one day you will get it down pat.
Plz react to Hootennanny singers Hårgalåten (also spelled Horgalåten). And if you like that then react to the old folksong Hårgalåten (it is two different songs). Hårga is a place in Hälsingland heavy with folklore, not to mention the mountain behind it called "Hårgaberget".
@@JonathanRollinssthlm305There are so many, but I think 'Det gåtfulla folket' or 'Balladen om det stora slagsmålet på Tegelbacken' would be good to start with.
@@JonathanRollinssthlm305 Först och främst "Vad tänker hon på?" th-cam.com/video/3mT8DPudbK0/w-d-xo.html och sen kan du ta resten av sångerna på skivan Diamanter : ) Och gillar du berättelser så är "Resan hem" bra!
@@outernothingness1177 Förvisso, men den låten är ju också "uttjatad", hur bra den än är. Han har ju skrivit så oändligt många fler låtar som borde höras! Och Olles röst har ju inte hörts en endaste gång. Får jag förresten tipsa om del två av Trubbel? Lyssna på T2 av Niklas Lind (ännu en fantastisk artist) : ) th-cam.com/video/_grccKyT0rg/w-d-xo.html
Dan died by accident in his sleep by intoxication from liceextermination remains in the bed at the B’n’B, where he stayed. He was only 32 years old! 😢 Really a classic song with Swedish ”vemod”!🥲
You will get a lot of different translations but I think I agree with Göran Greider that it can be interpreted in different ways. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omkring_tiggarn_fr%C3%A5n_Luossa Here are some direct translations of some of the more difficult words. Hören - the old plural "hear ye" or "listen" Vägmän - highwaymen Bettlare - travelling salespeople Ting - things Bortom - beyond Beder - also the old form "prays" or "asks" Icke - old form for inte - "not" Riket - kingdom, I feel this poem has a very religious language. Think "thy kingdom come". Böljeslag - waves Ila - travel fast/hurry/walk quickly Formlösa - shapeless Födselvånda - birthing pain Jämmerljud - Wailing Tumla - tumble Redde - att reda = to make "made" Ömt - tenderly Bo - nest or home Fördes bort av anden - was taken away by the spirit Fördolt - hidden Dunkelt - Dim, murky, when it is difficult to see Fjärran - far away Lockas - am tempted Larmet - commotion, noise Bedja inför Herran - pray to the Lord Bergomkransad - surrounded by mountains Bädd - bed Någonstädes - somewhere Guldomstänkta dimmor - golden mists Rosenmantel - rosen cloak - either pink or made of roses (like mother Mary) Må - may Oändlig - infinite Vedermöda - hardships led - suffered Snäckbesållad - full of seashells Havsstrand - sea beach Multna - when something is in the process of turning into soil Vraken - shipwrecks Ro - rest Saligheten - holiness, bliss
Dont give a Dan Andersson to Hootenanny singers and Bjorn From Abba. They revived it but they have nothing to do with the oregin of it..Its a travellers song,or a gipsie tune...so please let them get the creed!
😴 Tråkig! ...och så dansbands-reverb på det. Hela soundet var dansband. 👎 Kommentarerna här önskar så mycket Björn & Benny att kanalen snart får byta namn till ”Did you know it’s Björn och Benny from Abba?!” 🙄🤦♂️ Lite yngre låtönskare vore bra.
Tjusningen med den här kanalen tycker jag är bredden och blandningen av gammalt och nytt. Men är det gamla låtar tycker vissa att det ska vara nyare, är det nya låtar tycker vissa att det ska vara äldre, är det dansband tycker vissa att det ska vara rock, är det udda tycker folk det ska vara mainstream, och så vidare. Vad är meningen med att klaga? Allt hör hemma i den svenska musikkulturen, bara ta det som kommer och hoppa över om det inte passar. Så brukar jag göra och det brukar bli så bra så.
Glad you liked the lead singer. It is our famous Björn Ulveus of ABBA
I was in the same TV-show as Hootenanny Singers in the end of the 1960's, when I was 14-15 years old. This was the 2nd time I met Björn Ulvaeus. I met him for the 3rd time 15 years ago, when I, Bjrön Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson were the main speakers at a conference about the author Vilhelm Moberg in the Royal Library in Stockholm (I spoke about "Vilhelm Moberg and the theatre", which his daughter the author Eva Moberg had asked me to do, and Björn and Benny spoke about their work on creating the musical "Kristina från Duvemåla", based on 4 of Moberg's novels).
Omkring tiggarn från Luossa is one of Dan Anderssons nirvana-poems from Black ballads (Svarta ballader). When he wrote the poem 1917 he had studied Indian philosophy of religion. He searched peace, something like a death sleep. "It's something beyond the mountain, beyond the flowers and the song, it's something beyond stars, beyond my hot heart." I hope you continue to listen to intepreters of Dan Andersson. In my opinion Thorstein Bergman is the greatest. Listen to Helgdagskväll i timmerkojan, live from Hylands hörna. You will love it!
This song is very poetic and not easy to understand for sure, but I would say it's about someone who can never find peace in life because he's always looking for something "beyond" that can only be found in heaven.
Translation (direct, not poetic):
Around the beggar from Luossa all the people sat in a ring,
and by the campfire they heard his song.
And about beggars and roadmen, and about wonderful things,
and about his longing he sang all night long:
"There's something beyond the mountains, beyond the flowers and the song,
there's something beyond the stars, beyond my hot heart.
Hear - something is whispering, beckoning me and asks:
Come to us, for this earth is not your kingdom!
I have listened to the calm waves against the shore,
I have dreamed of the wild seas resting.
And in my spirit I have hastened towards the shapeless lands,
where the dearest things we've known will be forgotten.
To a wild and eternal longing, we were born by pale mothers,
from the birth labours our first lament rose.
We were thrown towards the mountains and fields to tumble about and play,
and we played moose and lion, butterfly, beggar and god.
If I sat quiet by her side, she, whose heart was like mine,
if she with soft hands created our nest,
I still heard my heart call, What you own isn't yours,
and I was taken away by the spirit to get peace.
What I love, it is beyond, and hidden in an obscure distance,
and my true path is high and wonderful.
And I am enticed in the midst of the noise, to pray before the Lord:
'Take all the earth away, I want to own what no one, no one has!'
Follow me, brother, beyond the mountains, with the calm cool rivers,
where all the ocean falls asleep, slowly, in a bed surrounded by mountains.
Somewhere beyond the heavens is my home, and my mother,
among the gold-spattered mists dressed in a rosy cloak.
May the black, salt waters cool the red, fevered cheeks,
may we be miles from life before the morning is full!
I wasn't of this world, and I suffered eternal struggles,
for my worries, my unfaithfulness, and my hot love.
By a seashell-strewn ocean beach stands a gate of heavy roses,
where the rotting wrecks rest and tired men are at peace.
High songs never heard before sing like the echoes of violins
under arches where, eternally young, live the children of blessedness."
I saw this translation on another site. It would've been nice of you to credit them.
@@tovep9573 I literally made the translation from scratch, so no you didn't
I've been suggesting Hootenanny Singers every now and then for a long time and finally you got to it. :-) I'm so glad you liked it! I'm old enough to remember those 52 weeks at Svensktoppen, so the song is imprinted to my brain for ever and I don't think I'll ever get tired of it.
this song was played at my grandfather's funeral twenty years ago and i haven't listened to it since because it gets too emotional. ❤
You should react to Andreas Johnsson - Glorious 👌
Beautiful song and reaction 💕
This is a poem written in 1917 of the poet Dan Andersson. Björn Ulveus was the leadsinger of Hootenanny singers.
I haven't been able to listen to this song without crying since my dad died, and I thought I was doing fine this time until "följ mig broder bortom bergen" when it just hit me so hard I had to sit down and bawl my eyes out for a while. It's not even as if my dad ever mentioned this song or that it brings up any particular memory, it's just so powerful in itself somehow. 😭
This is a great one, Dan Andersson was a great poet that passed away way too early.
I discovered his poems through the singer Sofia Karlsson, her version of this song does not disappoint if you want to hear another version.
The man to the left is Björn Ulveus from ABBA. This poem is written in an old swedish with words we don´t use nowadays....My best friend sang this on my wedding.
Thorstein Bergman have made a lot of Dan Anderssons poetry. You need to listen to Till min Syster. Helgdagskväll i timmerkojan.Jag väntar vid min stockeld.
Ulf Lundell have made a nice version of Tiggaren från Luossa... Well worth listening to.
Thorstein Bergman. Absolutely!
You haven't done the Knife yet either: Heartbeats, Pass this on and Silent Shout Are their most famous songs. What's extra fun about The Knife is that it's underground/indie electronic music, which normally reaches a rather narrow audience, but they managed to reach a wider mass and there's something Swedish about that that type of music can succeed and become very popular here..
Wow. It sure brings back memories from my youth in the 1960's, born and growing up in Sweden. Now living in Canada since 1974 I remember people and memories from back then.. Its a lovely worded song written by Dan Andersson in early 1900's. Funny how a song from looong ago can bring back so many sweet memories....Thanks for this.
Det hade varit roligt om du reagerade på något av Kal P Dals alster.
Det här var min morfars favorit dikt, och jag har en bit av den tatuerad. Tack för att du gjorde den
So glad you liked this song! Another powerful song from a poem by Dan Andersson is "Spelmannen" - Sofia Karlsson has a nice version if you want to listen to it.
Sofia Karlsson sings Dan Andersson very well. I've heard her sing him live and it was a wonderful concert. But for me no one beats Thorstein Bergman's interpretations. In my opinion his album "Dan Andersson" is one of the best Swedish albums ever made (though of course you can't _really_ make such a claim as that would mean comparing so many different musical genres).
Thorstein Bergman En spelmans jordafärd
This is a real gem, Dan Andersson's poem were a favourite of my grand-father and a real cultural gem. That they are sung by Hootenanny Singers with Björn later of Abba fame, does make it even better
My best friend back when I was ten years old loved this song. So much so that he would always sing it. And thanks to that I kinda liked it too.
Nu har du hört vad Björn från ABBA gjorde innan ABBA Så nu kan du lyssna på vad Benny gjorde, han spelade klaviatur i popgruppen Hep Stars Och började redan då skriva musik.
The composer or writer is or was Dan Andersson. He went to sleep in a hotel-room here in Stockholm. He never woke up. Staff had tried to get rid of lice by fumigating with cyanide. They sadly had not aired the room enough.
This is old poetry language and not easy to understand for any of us - but it is beautiful and you can sort of get the essence of it even though you don't understand every word. It is the same thing with many of our well known songs and hymns.
This song is beautiful and has been stuck in my head since I heard your reaction yesterday.
This song has the most beautiful Swedish words I I know. There is something about several of Dan Anderssons poems that kind of takes me on an imaginary tour around the Swedish wilderness. The smell of the pine trees, the rapids, the mountains. The music kind of plays second fiddle in this song. But I can see how it can be a bit like a Swede reading Ozymandias by Percy Bysshe Shelley for the first time.
Oh, I agree that Dan Andersson's poetry brings out your imagination as you are mesmerized by his use of the language. It is captivating and incredibly beautiful.
He is one of my two favourite poets. The other, who shares many of his qualities, is (of course) Gustaf Fröding.
Björn from ABBA is the singer!
Nice! Would love if you reacted to "Gösta 'Snoddas' Nordgren - Flottarkärlek" or "Edvard Persson - Jag har bott vid en landsväg".
Edvard Persson är väl ändå mest känd för "Kalle på Spången", eller?
Sångaren är Björn Ulvaeus från ABBA….
Kanske därför du känner likheten med Ted Gärdestad. 🙋🏻♀️
It's not strange that you think of Ted Gärdestad, because he recorded his albums in the same studio at the same time and with more or less the same studio musicians for the same record label Polar. And as others have already mentioned, the lead singer is Björn Ulveaus from ABBA, who also produced Ted Gärdestad's albums together with Benny Andersson (who I am quite sure plays the piano on this track, since Hootenanny Singers didn't have any pianist).
One of my favourite songs since I was young.. It hits me deep for some reason.
I had this one on my mothers funeral 7 years ago. She loved this song with the Hootenanny Singers. I always cry when I hear it, since it´s SO much her. I hate death.
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From Wikipedia: A hootenanny is a party involving music in the United States. It is particularly associated with folk music.
Dan Andersson was one of our greatest and Saddest poets, much of it (the sadness) due to a sad and failed love story.
I'm not surprised that you don't follow that lyric, as it's difficult even for a native Swede. Here is a translation, but I would say that it is a slightly simplified translation, where more difficult/older Swedish words have been replaced by simpler/newer English.
Around the Beggar From Luossa
:
Around the beggar from Luossa, all the people sat in a circle,
and by the campfire they heard his song.
And about mendicants1 and highwaymen and about wonderful things,
and about his longing, he sang all night long:
"There is something beyond the mountains, beyond the flowers and the song,
there is something behind the stars,behind my passionate heart.
Hear - something's going around whispering, going tempting me and asking:
Come to us, for this earth, it is not your realm!
I have listened to the quiet4 surf against the shore,
I have dreamed of the wild seas' rest.
And in my spirit I have flitted towards the shapeless lands,
where that which was dearest to us shall be forgotten.
To a wild and eternal longing we were born by pale mothers,
out of the worries' birth pains, our first wail rose
We were thrown6 on mountains and plains to tumble about and play,
and we played elk7 and lion, butterfly, beggar and god.
I sat quietly by her side, she, whose heart was like mine,
with soft hands she tenderly8 made our home,
I heard my heart call out, what you own is not yours,
and I was carried away by my spirit to find peace.
What I love, it is beyond and hidden in an obscure faraway land,
and my true path is high and wonderful.9
And I am tempted, in the midst of the alarm, to pray before the Lord:
'Take away all of the earth, I want to own what no one, no one has!'
Follow me, brother, beyond the mountains, with the still, cool, rivers,
where all of the sea slowly falls asleep within a mountain-wreathed bed.
Somewhere beyond the sky is my home, (there) I have my mother,
in the midst of goldsprinkled mists, clad in a rosen cloak.
May the black briny waters cool fevery red cheeks,
may we be miles and miles13from life before the morning is full!
I was not of this world, and I suffered eternal hardships
for my worry, my disbelief, and my passionate love's sake.
By a shell-strewn seashore stands a gate of heavy roses,
where the wrecks rot at rest and the tired men find peace.
Never heard high songs sing like the echoes of violins
under vaults where eternally young children of beatitudelive."
lyricstranslate.com
Its this that the guy at the left is Björn Ulveaus.. from ABBA!
This one of those iconic Swedish songs in traditional “visa”. And already then you can hear what one day will be the sound of ABBA since Björn love this old traditional songs.
This song, just like “Ack Värmeland du sköna” is the Nordic soul that most Swedes know and can feel in the heart.
It's a poem by Daniel "Dan" Andersson, 1888 -1920. Written 1917.
Curly Sue Takida låg på Svensktoppen över ett år 2008-09, det måste kvalificera den som en klassiker.
BJörn Ulvaeus of later ABBA-fame, and he's the lead singer on this song.
Round the beggar from Luossa people gathered in a ring,
by the campfire they sat and heard his song.
And of wayfarers and mendicants and every wondrous thing
and of his longing he sang to them all night long.
“There is something beyond mountains, beyond flowers, beyond singing,
there is something there behind the star, behind my burning heart.
Hearken, something goes there whispering, goes there calling me and praying
‘come to us, for of this earthly kingdom you are not a part.’
I have listened to the tranquil waves that roll against the beach,
to dream of wild seas’ rest has been my lot.
And in spirit I have hastened towards the formless lands
where the dearest thing we knew shall be forgot.
To a wild, eternal longing we were born by pallid mothers,
from the labour pains of troubles rose our first and anguished cry.
We were thrown on plains and mountains then, to play with all our brothers,
and we played there elk and lion, beggar, god and butterfly.
I sat silent by her side, she whose heart was like to mine,
with hands so soft she tended to our nest.
But I heard my heart then calling: ‘what thou ownest is not thine’
and the spirit came and bore me off to rest.
What I love is far away beyond, concealed in distant darkness,
and high and wonderful is my true way.
And amid this clamour I am called to pray before the Heavens:
What no-one has I want to own, take all the earth away!
Follow, brother, beyond mountains, to the cool and peaceful rivers,
where in beds of mountain garlands all sea slowly goes to sleep.
Somewhere there beyond the heavens is my home, I have my mother,
in the golden-sprinkled mists, dressed in rosy mantle deep.
May the black and salty waters cool the cheeks that burn with fever,
let’s be miles away from life before the morning breaks above!
Not of this world was I, brother; hardships without end I suffered
for the sake of worries, faithlessness and of my burning love.
By a shore all dressed in seashells stands a gate of roses heavy,
therein sleep the mouldered shipwrecks, and the tired men find rest.
Songs unheard and high there sing like violins in distant echoes
under arches where eternal children live forever blessed.
Thats the translation to English lingo!
Lovely reaction to one of my all-time favorite songs. Another suggestion for you to check out would be Sofia Karlsson - Jag väntar, since the lyrics to that song was written by the same poet (Dan Andersson) as this song. Sofia has many other lovely songs as well.
thorstein bergman tycker jag är den som gjort dan andersson bäst (fun fact: jag bor inte så långt från dan anderssons stuga, skattlösberg - loussastugan, museum, har paddlat i pajso å som han diktar om)
Förslag. Cacka Israelsson - "Gamle Svarten" en sann klassiker
Written by my ancestor Dan Andersson :)
Krister Sandelin - Det hon vill ha
I think you'd like Hep Stars - Mot okänt land, it's also a member of ABBA and a really good song. Hep Stars have done a lot of good songs, as well as Hootenanny Singers. In fact, the whole ABBA group has done creative songs. It's like a black hole of creativity those people lol
Hepstars va Hootenanny? Vem vinner?
Tomas Ledin - En del av mitt hjärta
I"m not sure if I have heard this song before, but it was a good song!
Förestår du texten Jonathan Rollins ? Tillåt mej tvivla.
Älskar Snoddas
My advice about understanding the niceties of the Swedish language, take a trip to the library and immerse yourself in the wonderful poetry and richness of our prose. Take your time, be patient and one day you will get it down pat.
You should checkout "Lilla vackra anna" too.
Hej Jonathan du borde lyssna på "Byns enda blondin" med Sven Ingvars!
Its björn ulveus from abba
Please react to any of the following by Takida:
You learn
Curly Sue
Plz react to Hootennanny singers Hårgalåten (also spelled Horgalåten).
And if you like that then react to the old folksong Hårgalåten (it is two different songs). Hårga is a place in Hälsingland heavy with folklore, not to mention the mountain behind it called "Hårgaberget".
Eldkvarn - Fulla för kärlekens skull🍷
I recommend reacting to In Command by Rob 'N' Raz.
We are all the winners med Nick Borgen är en du borde lyssna på 😊
Gud!!!!! Himlen!!!! Osv
English version th-cam.com/video/OsSDFAa3rEU/w-d-xo.htmlsi=JsUNwJR_UHQ7TZIJ
Carola - Tommy tycker om mig
😊😊👌👌👌
You shoud listen to a band call backyard babies. Song Minus celcius they are swedish too
Nu undrar ju jag varför det tar så lång tid att förstå Olle Adolphsons storhet...
What song?
@@JonathanRollinssthlm305There are so many, but I think 'Det gåtfulla folket' or 'Balladen om det stora slagsmålet på Tegelbacken' would be good to start with.
@@JonathanRollinssthlm305 Först och främst "Vad tänker hon på?" th-cam.com/video/3mT8DPudbK0/w-d-xo.html och sen kan du ta resten av sångerna på skivan Diamanter
: ) Och gillar du berättelser så är "Resan hem" bra!
Han har ju faktiskt utsett "Trubbel" till en banger! Visserligen i Monica Z:s inspelning, men det är ju Olles låt.
@@outernothingness1177 Förvisso, men den låten är ju också "uttjatad", hur bra den än är. Han har ju skrivit så oändligt många fler låtar som borde höras! Och Olles röst har ju inte hörts en endaste gång. Får jag förresten tipsa om del två av Trubbel? Lyssna på T2 av Niklas Lind (ännu en fantastisk artist) : ) th-cam.com/video/_grccKyT0rg/w-d-xo.html
Har ingen talat om för honom att Björn skapade ABBA enbart ett par år senare?
Mayby you grasp the swedish pop wonder, Björn Ulweus was part of this group, befor ABBA!
Try Evert Taube, poet and singer
Dan died by accident in his sleep by intoxication from liceextermination remains in the bed at the B’n’B, where he stayed. He was only 32 years old! 😢 Really a classic song with Swedish ”vemod”!🥲
Woah! So sad
You will get a lot of different translations but I think I agree with Göran Greider that it can be interpreted in different ways.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omkring_tiggarn_fr%C3%A5n_Luossa
Here are some direct translations of some of the more difficult words.
Hören - the old plural "hear ye" or "listen"
Vägmän - highwaymen
Bettlare - travelling salespeople
Ting - things
Bortom - beyond
Beder - also the old form "prays" or "asks"
Icke - old form for inte - "not"
Riket - kingdom, I feel this poem has a very religious language. Think "thy kingdom come".
Böljeslag - waves
Ila - travel fast/hurry/walk quickly
Formlösa - shapeless
Födselvånda - birthing pain
Jämmerljud - Wailing
Tumla - tumble
Redde - att reda = to make "made"
Ömt - tenderly
Bo - nest or home
Fördes bort av anden - was taken away by the spirit
Fördolt - hidden
Dunkelt - Dim, murky, when it is difficult to see
Fjärran - far away
Lockas - am tempted
Larmet - commotion, noise
Bedja inför Herran - pray to the Lord
Bergomkransad - surrounded by mountains
Bädd - bed
Någonstädes - somewhere
Guldomstänkta dimmor - golden mists
Rosenmantel - rosen cloak - either pink or made of roses (like mother Mary)
Må - may
Oändlig - infinite
Vedermöda - hardships
led - suffered
Snäckbesållad - full of seashells
Havsstrand - sea beach
Multna - when something is in the process of turning into soil
Vraken - shipwrecks
Ro - rest
Saligheten - holiness, bliss
Den vackraste sången av alla. Texten är oöverträffbar.
Thorstein Bergman sjunger Dan Andersson bäst av alla.
Den här versionen är ett rent jävla helgerån. Men Thorstein Bergmans version är fantastisk.
Dont give a Dan Andersson to Hootenanny singers and Bjorn From Abba. They revived it but they have nothing to do with the oregin of it..Its a travellers song,or a gipsie tune...so please let them get the creed!
It is a Christian song. About a later day prophet. Not their usually style at all.
😴 Tråkig! ...och så dansbands-reverb på det. Hela soundet var dansband. 👎 Kommentarerna här önskar så mycket Björn & Benny att kanalen snart får byta namn till ”Did you know it’s Björn och Benny from Abba?!” 🙄🤦♂️ Lite yngre låtönskare vore bra.
Tjusningen med den här kanalen tycker jag är bredden och blandningen av gammalt och nytt. Men är det gamla låtar tycker vissa att det ska vara nyare, är det nya låtar tycker vissa att det ska vara äldre, är det dansband tycker vissa att det ska vara rock, är det udda tycker folk det ska vara mainstream, och så vidare. Vad är meningen med att klaga? Allt hör hemma i den svenska musikkulturen, bara ta det som kommer och hoppa över om det inte passar. Så brukar jag göra och det brukar bli så bra så.
@@susannes7023 Väl sagt. Tack!