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Oi, muistatko vielä sen virren, jota äitini lauleli, Kun pienoista helmahan unten hän hellästi tuuditteli. Se rauhan enkelit taivaan luo lapsosen vuotehen toi. Oi, muistanhan vielä sen virren, mut' laulaa, laulaa en voi. Oi, muistatko vielä sen virren, vaikka sointu sen himmeni, Kun eksyin syntien teille, se vienosti väreili. Se katkoi kahlehet valheen, se rintahan taistelon toi. Niin, muistanhan vielä sen virren, vaan laulaa, laulaa en voi. Oi vielä mä kerran sen virren, sun kanssasi laulelen, kun siivin puhtahin tullen saan luoksesi taivaaseen. Saan uuden kirkkahan hengen, min Luojani lahjaksi soi. Ja silloin, silloin sen virren taas laulan, laulan mä, oi.
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Note: this was written as a continuation of Eino Leino's single-stanza poem Oi, muistatko vielä sen virren.
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The text above (or a part of it) is used in the following settings:
- by Oskar Merikanto (1868 - 1924), "Oi muistatko vielä sen virren" [ voice and piano ], confirmed with sheet music researched and rewritten by Riittaliisa Hakulinen and Juha Hakulinen
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- ENG English (Alexandra Glynn) , copyright © 2023, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Research team for this page: Alexandra Glynn , Aleksi Matikainen
This text was added to the website: 2023-09-13
Line count: 24
Word count: 101
The hymn that I heard in my childhood, that my mother would sing to me, it called on the angels to lull me and drift like a dream on the sea. The music tenderly touched me and solaced me soft, like a dove. I know it, but ne'er can I sing it. O sing it, sing of his love. The hymn that I heard in my childhood, now the memory is faint and dim. It taught me with patience and mercy and warned of the dangers of sin. As lies from darkness enticed me it spoke of my Father above. I know it, but ne'er can I sing it. O sing it, sing of his love. [... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...]
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- Translation from Finnish (Suomi) to English copyright © 2023 by Alexandra Glynn, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you may ask the copyright-holder(s) directly or ask us; we are authorized to grant permission on their behalf. Please provide the translator's name when contacting us.
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Based on:
- a text in Finnish (Suomi) by Juho Railio (d. 1926)
This text was added to the website: 2023-09-13
Line count: 24
Word count: 116