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by August Engelbrekt Ahlqvist (1826 - 1889), as A. Oksanen
Translation by Anonymous / Unidentified Author

Sydämeni asukkaat 
Language: Finnish (Suomi) 
    Yks' perkele, 
  Yks' enkeli
Asuvat sydämessäni;
  Ne taistelee
  Ja kamppailee, 
Yks' toistaan voittaa koettelee. 

    Kuin voitolle 
  Pääs' perkele, 
Niin sydän synnin ahjona 
  Se suitsuaa 
  Ja kuumoittaa, 
Kuin Etna tulta tupruaa. 

    Kuin voittaapi
  Taas enkeli,
Se muuttuu lemmen laaksoksi; 
  Ja rakkautta
  Ja rauhaa vaan 
Nyt Etnan kohta kukoistaa.

    O milloinkaan, 
  Tään sodan saan 
Sydämessäni sammumaan? 
  Oi enkeli, 
  Jos joutuisi
Sun avukses viel' enkeli! 

Confirmed with Säkeniä: Kokous runoelmia. Joiden tekijä on A. Oksanen. Viides, enännetty painos, Helsingisså, G. W. Edlundin Kustannuksella, J. C. Frenckell ja Poika, 1898, pages 103-104.


Text Authorship:

  • by August Engelbrekt Ahlqvist (1826 - 1889), as A. Oksanen, "Sydämeni asukkaat ", appears in Säkeniä: Kokous runoelmia [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

    [ None yet in the database ]

Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:

  • Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation (Sch. ) by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "Meines Herzens Bewohner" ; composed by Camillo Horn.
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-06
Line count: 24
Word count: 63

Ein Teufelein
Language: German (Deutsch)  after the Finnish (Suomi) 
  Ein Teufelein,
  Ein Engelein:
Die wohnen Beid' in Herzens Schrein. 
  Sie balgen sich 
  Gar fürchterlich, 
Denn Herrscher will ein Jeder sein. 

  Hat Teufelein 
  Gesiegt im Streit,
Dann tobt im Herzen Sündlichkeit: 
  Die Esse sprüht, 
  Die Esse glüht,
Wie wenn der Ätna Flammen speit. 

  Doch siegt einmal 
  Das Engelein,
Dann wird mein Herz ein Liebeshain,
  Und Fried' allein 
  Und Lieb' allein 
Erblüh'n an den Vulkans Gestein.

  Wann kommt die Zeit,
  Daß ich den Streit 
Ertödten kann im Herzen mein? 
  O Engelein,
  O flög' herein
Zu Hilf' Dir noch ein Engelein!

About the headline (FAQ)

Confirmed with Magazin für die Literatur des Auslandes, herausgegeben von Joseph Lehmann, Fünfundsiebzigster Band, Januar bis Juni 1869, Berlin, Ferd. Dümmler's Verlagsbuchhandlung, page 128. The translator is identified only as "Sch."


Text Authorship:

  • by Anonymous / Unidentified Author ( Sch. ) , "Meines Herzens Bewohner" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Based on:

  • a text in Finnish (Suomi) by August Engelbrekt Ahlqvist (1826 - 1889), as A. Oksanen, "Sydämeni asukkaat ", appears in Säkeniä: Kokous runoelmia
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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 Camillo Horn (1860 - 1941), "Ein Teufelein, ein Engelein, die wohnen beid' in Herzensschrein", op. 19 (Zwei vierstimmige Frauenchöre) no. 2, published 1906-1913 [ four-part women's chorus a cappella ], Leipzig, Kahnt Nachfolger [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2022-04-06
Line count: 24
Word count: 90

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