Varpunen jouluaamuna
Lumi on jo peittänyt kukat laaksosessa,
järven aalto jäätynyt talvipakkasessa.
Varpunen pienoinen, syönyt kesäeinehen,
järven aalto jäätynyt talvi pakkasessa.
Pienen pirtin portailla oli tyttökulta:
tule, varpu, riemulla, ota siemen multa!
Joulu on, koditon varpuseni onneton,
tule tänne riemulla, ota siemen multa!
Tytön luo nyt riemuiten lensi varpukulta:
kiitollisna siemenen otan kyllä sulta.
Palkita Jumala tahtoo kerran sinua.
kiitollisna siemenen otan kyllä sulta!
En mä ole, lapseni, varpu tästä maasta,
olen pieni veljesi, tulin taivahasta.
Siemenen pienoisen, jonka annoit köyhällen,
pieni sai sun veljesi enkeleitten maasta.
Sparrow on Christmas Morning
The snow has already covered the flowers in the valley,
The lake waves frozen in the winter frost.
Tiny sparrow, eaten summer's meal,
The lake waves frozen in the winter frost.
On the steps of a small cottage was a golden girl:
Come, sparrow, joyfully, take the seed from me!
It's Christmas, my homeless unfortunate sparrow,
Come here joyfully, take the seed from me!
To the girl flew joyfully the sparrow:
Gratefully I'll take the seed from you.
God wants to reward you one day.
Gratefully I'll take the seed from you!
I am not, my child, a sparrow from this land,
I am your little brother, came from heaven.
The tiny seed, that you gave to the poor,
Your little brother received from the land of angels.
Escrita por: K.A. Hougberg / Otto Kotilainen / Zacharias Topelius