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Thread #34651 Message #1790675
Posted By: Jim Dixon
23-Jul-06 - 10:45 AM
Thread Name: ADD: Santa Lucia (in Italian)
Subject: Lyr Add: SANKTA LUCIA (Swedish)
By the way, there is also a Swedish song called SANKTA LUCIA, sung to the same tune. The lyrics are not a translation of the Italian song. It is traditionally sung on St. Lucia day, December 13, an important holiday in Swedish custom. According to Wikipedia, "Lucy is the only saint celebrated by the Lutheran Swedes, Finns, Danes, and Norwegians, in celebrations that retain many pre-Christian elements of a midwinter light festival." And "Before the reform of Gregorian calendar in the 16th century, St. Lucy's Day fell on the winter solstice."
Natten går tunga fjät rund gård och stuva; kring jord, som sol förlät, skuggorna ruva. Då i vårt mörka hus, stiger med tända ljus, Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia.
Natten går stor och stum nu hörs dess vingar i alla tysta rum sus som av vingar. Se, på vår tröskel står vitklädd med ljus i hår Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia.
Mörkret ska flykta snart ur jordens dalar så hon ett underbart ord till oss talar. Dagen ska åter ny stiga ur rosig sky Sankta Lucia, Sankta Lucia