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by Aukusti Valdemar Forsman (Koskimies) (1856 - 1929) and by Ilta Koskimies (1879 - 1958)

Translation © by Seppo Pellinen

Soi kunniaksi Luojan

Language: Finnish (Suomi)

Our translations: ENG

Soi kunniaksi Luojan,
nyt virsi kiitoksen,
tuon kaiken hyvän tuojan
ja suojan ainaisen!
Hän, Isä, rakkahasti
ain vaalil luotujaan,
ja kaiken taitavasti
hän ohjaa tuolta taivaastaan.

Hän säät ja ilmat säätää
ja aallot tainnuttaa
ja hyisen hallan häätää
ja viljan vartuttaa.
Hän onneen meidät ohjaa,
jos joutuu johdantaan.
Sen rakkauden pohjaa
ken pystyy koskaan tutkimaan?

Siis kiitos, Herra taivaan,
kun lahjas meille toit
ja palkaks työn ja vaivan
taas puhtaan leivän soit.
Suo, että alttiin mielin
myös köyhää holhoomme,
ja sydämin ja kielin
sua lakkaamatta kiitämme.

Note: stanzas 1-2 are by Aukusti Valdemar Forsman; the third is by Ilta Koskimies.

Text Authorship:

by Aukusti Valdemar Forsman (Koskimies) (1856 - 1929) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
by Ilta Koskimies (1879 - 1958) [author's text not yet checked 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):

by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Soi kunniaksi Luojan", op. 23 no. 6a (1897). [mixed chorus a cappella] [
text verified 1 time
]
by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Soi kunniaksi Luojan", 1913?4. [women's chorus a cappella] [
text verified 1 time
]

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

ENG English (Seppo Pellinen) , title 1: "For the Honour of the Creator", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 24
Word count: 86

For the Honour of the Creator

Language: English after the Finnish (Suomi)

For the Honour of the Creator
we sing this hymn of thankfulness,
[For] he brings us everything good
and gives us shelter forever!
He, Father, full of love
always takes care of his own
and all this skillfully
he rules from out there, his Heaven.

He regulates the weather and winds
and smoothens the waves
and also makes cold nights go away
to make the corn grow.
He will lead us to happiness,
if we follow his guidance.
How deep is this love
can it ever be discovered?

So, thank you Lord in Heaven
for having brought us Your gifts
and as salary for our work and trouble
again You gave us pure bread.
Let it be, that willingly
we also take care of the poor,
and with our hearts and tongues
we will forever thank you.

Text Authorship:

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Based on:

a text in Finnish (Suomi) by Aukusti Valdemar Forsman (Koskimies) (1856 - 1929) and by Ilta Koskimies (1879 - 1958)
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This text was added to the website: 2005-08-18
Line count: 24
Word count: 137