Kolme sokeaa sisarta | Kolme sokeaa sisarta

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by Bertel Gripenberg (1878 - 1947)

Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

De trenne blinda systrar

Language: Swedish (Svenska) after the French (Français)

Our translations: FIN

De trenne blinda systrar
(Låt oss hoppas få)
de trenne blinda systrar
med gyllne lampor gå.

Så gå de upp i tornet – 
(De, jag och du)
Så går de upp i tornet – 
de bida dagar sju.

Ack, säger första systern –
(Aldrig hoppet dör)
Ack, säger första systern –
jag ljusen brinna hör.

Ack, säger andra systern –
(De, jag och du)
Ack, säger andra systern –
Vår konung kommer nu.

Nej, säger helga systern –
(Låt hoppet ej förgå)
Ne, säger helga systern –
Släckta ljusen stå.

Text Authorship:

by Bertel Gripenberg (1878 - 1947) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), no title, written 1893, appears in Quinze Chansons, no. 5
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "De trenne blinda systrar", op. 46 no. 5 [ voice and piano ], from Pelléas ja Mélisande, no. 5, also set in French (Français) [sung text checked 1 time]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Kolme sokeaa sisarta", copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

Researcher for this page: Erkki Pullinen

This text was added to the website: 2015-06-27
Line count: 20
Word count: 90

Kolme sokeaa sisarta

Language: Finnish (Suomi) after the Swedish (Svenska)

Kolme sokeaa sisarta
(Kai me saamme toivoa)
kolme sokeaa sisarta
menee kultaisine lamppuineen.

Niin he kiipeävät ylös torniin –
(He, minä ja sinä)
Niin he kiipeävät torniin –
he odottavat seitsemän päivää.

Voi, sanoo ensimmäinen sisarista –
(Ei toivo koskaan kuole)
Voi, sanoo ensimmäinen sisarista –
kuulen lamppujen palavan.

Voi, sanoo toinen sisarista –
(He, minä ja sinä) 
Voi, sanoo toinen sisarista –
Kuninkaamme tulee nyt.

Ei, sanoo pyhin sisarista –
(Ei anneta toivon sammua)
Ei, sanoo pyhin sisarista –
Lamput ovat sammuksissa.

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Based on:

a text in Swedish (Svenska) by Bertel Gripenberg (1878 - 1947)
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Based on:

a text in French (Français) by Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), no title, written 1893, appears in Quinze Chansons, no. 5
- Go to the text page.

This text was added to the website: 2015-06-27
Line count: 20
Word count: 83