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by Paavo Cajander (1846 - 1913)

Isänmaalle
Language: Finnish (Suomi) 
Yks' voima sydämehen kätketty on,
Se voima on puhdas ja pyhä.
Se tuttuko on vai tuntematon,
Niin valtaa se mieliä yhä.
Salamoina se tuntehet saa palamaan,
Se taivaast' on kotoisin, kerrotaan,
Ja isänmaa on sen nimi.

Se tunnussana se Suomenmaan
Vei urohot kuolon teille,
Vei nälkää, vaaroja voittamaan,
Vei valoa voittamaan meille,
Ja rauhan töissä se ollut on
Se toivon tähti sammumaton,
Joka tien vapautehen viittaa.

Niin aina olkohon Suomenmaass'
Ain' uljuutt' uskollisuutta!
Kun vaara uhkaa, ne luokohot taas
Vapautta ja valoa uutta!
Tää maa ei koskaan sortua saa,
Eläköön tämä muistojen, toivojen maa,
Eläköön, kauan eläköön Suomi!

Text Authorship:

  • by Paavo Cajander (1846 - 1913), appears in Helmiä Suomen runoudesta, first published 1898 [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), "Isänmaalle", 1899, first performed 1900. [men's chorus a cappella] [ sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Isänmaalle", 1900. [mixed chorus a cappella] [ sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Isänmaalle", 1908. [men's chorus a cappella] [ sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 21
Word count: 98

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