Ilmainen joulukortti 2020; Free Christmas Card 2020 and Finnish Christmas Song

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Suvi Teräsniska sings “Varpunen jouluaamuna” (The Sparrow on Christmas Morning )

Varpunen jouluaamuna, Music Otto Kotilainen and Words Zacharias Topelius. Performed by Suvi Teräsniska

Words are borrowed under the Creative Common Attribution – ShareAlike License. The Original Link see Varpunen jouluaamuna.

Lyrics

Original Swedish 1859 Zachris Topelius[4]	Finnish 1874 fi:K. A. Waaranen[5]	English (2019 Ion Mittler) CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Nu så föll den vita snö, föll på björk och lindar,	1. Lumi on jo peittänyt kukat laaksosessa,	1. White snow has fallen on birch trees in forests,
frusen är den klara sjö, väntar vårens vindar.	järven aalto jäätynyt talvipakkasessa.	frozen is lake all along, spring winds it expects.
Liten sparv, fattig sparv, ätit upp sitt sommararv.	Varpunen pienoinen, syönyt kesäeinehen.	Small sparrow, poor sparrow, eaten all its summer store.
Frusen är den klara sjö, väntar vårens vindar.	Järven aalto jäätynyt talvipakkasessa.	Frozen is lake all along, spring winds it expects.
2. Vid den gröna stugans dörr stod en liten flicka:	2. Pienen pirtin portailla oli tyttökulta:	2. At a green small house’s door was a girl now standing:
– Sparvelilla, kom som förr, kom ett korn att picka!	– Tule, varpu, riemulla, ota siemen multa!	– Sparrow small, come as before, seeds from me pecking!
Nu är jul i vart skjul, sparvelilla, grå och ful.	Joulu on, koditon varpuseni onneton,	Christmas is in our home, and you bird so grey alone.
Sparvelilla, kom som förr, kom ett korn att picka!	tule tänne riemulla, ota siemen multa!	Sparrow small, come as before, seeds from me pecking!
3. Sparven flög till flickans fot, flög på glada vingar:	3. Tytön luo nyt riemuiten lensi varpukulta:	3. Bird flew at maiden’s feet, on the wings so merry,
– Gärna tar jag kornet mot, kornet som du bringar.	– Kiitollisna siemenen otan kyllä sulta.	– Happily I’ll take your seed that you for me carry.
Gud skall än löna den, som är här de armas vän.	Palkita Jumala tahtoo kerran sinua.	God will yet reward you, who to poor a friend was true.
Gärna tar jag kornet mot, kornet som du bringar.	Kiitollisna siemenen otan kyllä sulta!	Happily I’ll take your seed that you for me carry.
4. – Jag är icke den du tror, ty ditt öga tåras.	4. – En mä ole, lapseni, lintu tästä maasta,	4. – I am not who you assume, as your eyes are in tears.
Jag är ju din lilla bror, som dog bort i våras.	olen pieni veljesi, tulin taivahasta.	I am your young brother, whom you in spring lost last year.
När du bjöd glad ditt bröd åt den fattige i nöd,	Siemenen pienoisen, jonka annoit köyhällen,	When you gave crumbs of bread to the poor and well him fed,
bjöd du åt din lilla bror, som dog bort i våras.	pieni sai sun veljesi enkeleitten maasta.	you gave it your brother, whom you in spring lost last year.

Zachris Topelius (14 January 1818 – 12 March 1898) was a Swedish-speaking Finnish author, poet, journalist, historian, and rector of the University of Helsinki who wrote novels related to Finnish history in Swedish. Read more on Wikipedia.

Varpunen jouluaamuna (Swedish: Sparven om julmorgonen), Sparrow on Christmas Morning, is a poem by Zachris Topelius from 1859. It has been translated to Finnish by Konrad Alexis Hougberg. You can see the sorrow of Topelius in the poem; his son, Rafael, died at the age of one the spring before he wrote the poem^[1].  Read more on Wikipedia.

Varpunen jouluaamuna is one of the most popular Christmas songs in Finland. Among its sadness, the music includes hope and beauty.

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