Åsa Tindra Jinder (born 9 October 1963 in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm County,… Read Full Bio ↴Åsa Tindra Jinder (born 9 October 1963 in Upplands Väsby, Stockholm County, Sweden is a Swedish nyckelharpa player, composer, producer, songwriter, author and lecturer. She has scored album chart successes in Sweden.
She lives in Stockholm. 2006-2017 she lived in Acktjära outside Bollnäs, Hälsingland. She has worked as an artist and toured since 1979.
Åsa Jinder is the daughter of the engineer, musician and author Curt Einar Jinder and Astrid Edström. Jinder studied for the key harpist Mats Kuoppala (later Liljeholm) for two years before she in 1979 became Sweden's youngest national fiddler of all time on the key harp, 15 years old. A year later, she debuted with the album Åsa Jinder plays the key harp .
She studied at Vadstena Folk High School 1982–1983 and Birkagården Folk High School 1983–1984. In 1988 she got 5 plus in Aftonbladet by Lasse Anrell for the album Stilla ro och nær . That same year, she played solo at the Nobel party .
In 1995 , Jinder played in the Norwegian group Secret Garden with the winning song " Nocturne " during the Eurovision Song Contest in Dublin . That same year, together with Susanne Alfvengren and Marianne Flynner , she wrote the football song " Det är nu! " For Sweden's women's national football team before the World Cup . She also appeared as an actress in a small role in Bille August's film adaptation of Les Misérables (1998). In 1999, she played for and received an audience with the Japanese emperor during his state visit to Sweden.
In 2000 , Jinder sold gold and platinum records for Folkmusik på Svenska . The album sold 95,000 copies. "Of longing for you" became this year's song on the Swedish top . In 2002 she received a gold record for Faith Hope and Love . In 2005, she became an ambassador for ECPAT .
In 2010, Jinder played the role of Miss Hanigan in an amateur production of the musical Annie on Hälsingland's cultural scene in Alfta , Hälsingland . In the summer of 2011, her own musical It Happened in Hårga premiered in Kilafors in Hälsingland, an outdoor theater that was played from three stages and where Jinder was responsible for both script and music, direction and production and had one of the main roles. The following year it was played in Acktjära .
Between 2011 and 2014, she sat on the Swedish Cultural Council .

Av längtan till dig
Åsa Jinder Lyrics

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I en evighet levde jag som om du inte fanns
I alla drömmar var du ändå nära, så underbart nära
Och jag trodde jag fann dig, men du var någon annanstans
Varenda gång jag funnit någon så såg jag att drömmen inte var sann

Tänk alla famnar jag lämnat av längtan till dig
För jag trodde att du fanns och väntade mig
Ja, alla dagar jag vandrat så sorgsen och trött

För att möta den vackraste människa jag någonsin mött

Det var enkelt och vackert, du sa att du väntat mig
Jag kunde ana att det fanns en himmel på jorden, jag såg den
Och du bad mig att leva mitt liv alltid nära dig
Jag följde dina steg och allt jag någonsin drömt om fanns där för mig

Tänk alla famnar jag lämnat av längtan till dig
För jag trodde att du fanns och väntade mig
Ja, alla dagar jag vandrat så sorgsen och trött
För att möta den vackraste människa jag någonsin mött

Det finns ingen som lockat mitt hjärta så underbart
Med all din ömhet får du sorg och smärta att sakta försvinna
Alla skuggor, allt mörker som förr var så uppenbart
Det skingras och tillsammans ser vi ljuset som stiger med solens fart

Tänk alla famnar jag lämnat av längtan till dig
För jag trodde att du fanns och väntade mig
Ja, alla dagar jag vandrat så sorgsen och trött
För att möta den vackraste människa jag någonsin mött
Tänk alla famnar jag lämnat av längtan till dig
För jag trodde att du fanns och väntade mig

Ja, alla dagar jag vandrat så sorgsen och trött
För att möta den vackraste människa jag någonsin mött

Overall Meaning

Åsa Jinder's song "Av längtan till dig" tells a story of a person who has lived their life without knowing that the one they long for is out there. They dreamt of this person and believed they had finally found them, but it turns out that they were mistaken. However, they kept searching, leaving behind anyone who wasn't the person of their dreams. Eventually, they meet this person and realize that they are everything they ever dreamed of. The lyrics describe the relief and joy of finally finding the person who's been missing from their life.

The repetition of the line "Tänk alla famnar jag lämnat av längtan till dig" (Imagine all the embraces I've left behind because of my longing for you) serves to emphasize the depth of the singer's longing and how they have been searching for their true soulmate for a very long time. The lyrics also describe a near-magical connection between the two people, with lines like "Jag kunde ana att det fanns en himmel på jorden, jag såg den" (I could sense that there was a heaven on earth, I saw it) conveying a sense of wonder and enchantment.

In summary, the song's theme is about the search for true love and how it feels to finally meet the person you've been searching for. The lyrics are emotional and heartfelt, expressing a longing that will strike a chord with anyone who has ever felt lost without the person they truly love.

Line by Line Meaning

I en evighet levde jag som om du inte fanns
For a long time, I lived my life as if you didn't exist

I alla drömmar var du ändå nära, så underbart nära
But in all my dreams, you were always close, so wonderfully close

Och jag trodde jag fann dig, men du var någon annanstans
And I thought I found you, but you were somewhere else

Varenda gång jag funnit någon så såg jag att drömmen inte var sann
Every time I found someone, I realized the dream was not real

Tänk alla famnar jag lämnat av längtan till dig
Think of all the embraces I've left behind with the longing for you

För jag trodde att du fanns och väntade mig
Because I believed that you existed and were waiting for me

Ja, alla dagar jag vandrat så sorgsen och trött
Yes, all the days I've walked so sad and tired

För att möta den vackraste människa jag någonsin mött
To meet the most beautiful person I've ever met

Det var enkelt och vackert, du sa att du väntat mig
It was simple and beautiful, you said you had been waiting for me

Jag kunde ana att det fanns en himmel på jorden, jag såg den
I could sense that there was heaven on earth, I saw it

Och du bad mig att leva mitt liv alltid nära dig
And you asked me to live my life always near you

Jag följde dina steg och allt jag någonsin drömt om fanns där för mig
I followed your steps and everything I ever dreamed of was there for me

Det finns ingen som lockat mitt hjärta så underbart
There is no one who has so wonderfully captured my heart

Med all din ömhet får du sorg och smärta att sakta försvinna
With all your tenderness, you slowly make sorrow and pain disappear

Alla skuggor, allt mörker som förr var så uppenbart
All the shadows, all the darkness that was once so clear

Det skingras och tillsammans ser vi ljuset som stiger med solens fart
It disperses and together we see the light rising with the speed of the sun