I denna ljuva sommartid (In this Sweet Summertime)

Original composition by Clark William Lawlor (Sept 2022)

for SATB chorus a cappella

Recorded (in English this time) by the Rocky Mountain Chamber Choir (Dec 2023)

Sheet Music Here (available in Swedish and English)

Text by Paul Gerhardt (1653), English Translation (from German) by Catherine Winkworth (1827-1878) (with some adaptations by the composer)

Go forth, my heart, and seek delight,

While summer reigns so fair and bright,

View Earth's abundance daily;

The beauty of these gardens see,

Behold how they for me and thee

Have decked themselves so gaily.

The trees with spreading leaves are blessed,

The earth her dusty rind has dressed

In green so young and tender.

The daffodil and tulip fair

Are clothed in raiment far more rare

Than Solomon in splendor.

The lark soars upward to the skies,

And from her cote the pigeon flies,

Her way to woodlands winging.

The silver-throated nightingale

Fills mountain, meadow, hill and vale

With her delightful singing.