Älä seiso itkemässä haudallani

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sometimes misattributed to Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905 - 2004) and by Clare Harner (1909 - 1977)

Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

In remembrance

(Sung text for setting by P. Moravec)

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Language: English

Our translations: FIN

        Do not stand 
                at my grave and weep;
        I am not there.
                I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain,
I am the gentle autumn rain.
When you awaken in the morning's hush,
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft star that shines at night.
 ...

Note: the text above is taken from lines 1-12 of the original text.

First published in The Gypsy, 1934.

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Composition:

Paul Moravec

Vita Brevis

Text Authorship:

sometimes misattributed to Mary Elizabeth Frye (1905 - 2004)
by Clare Harner (1909 - 1977), first published 1934

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

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Älä seiso itkemässä haudallani

(Sung text translation for setting by P. Moravec)

See original

Language: Finnish (Suomi) after the English

Älä seiso itkemässä haudallani;
en minä siellä ole, en minä nuku.
Olen tuhannen väkevän tuulen puhallus.
Olen timantin kimallus hangella.
Olen päivänsäde kypsän viljapellon yllä.
Olen lempeä syyssade.
Kun sinä heräät aamun hiljaisuuteen,
olen kohottava tunne, joka syntyy, 
kun linnut vaiti lentävät ympärilläsi.
Olen lempeät tähdet, jotka hohtavat yössä.
Älä siis seiso itkemässä haudallani;
en minä siellä ole; en minä ole kuollut.

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