by Peter Rosegger (1843 - 1918)
Translation © by Milla Valkeasuo

Der Tag ist vergangen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  ENG FIN FRE
Der Tag ist vergangen,
Die Nacht ist schon hier;
Gute Nacht, o Maria,
Bleib ewig bei mir.

Der Tag ist vergangen,
Die Nacht kommt herzu;
Gib auch den Verstorbnen
Die ewige Ruh.

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  • ENG English (Emily Ezust) , "The day has passed", copyright ©
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Milla Valkeasuo) , "Päivä on ohitse", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "Le jour est parti", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 8
Word count: 32

Päivä on ohitse
Language: Finnish (Suomi)  after the German (Deutsch) 
Päivä on ohitse,
yö on jo täällä;
Hyvää yötä, oi Maria,
pysy ikuisesti luonani.

Päivä on ohitse,
yö on saapumassa;
anna myös kuolleille
ikuinen rauha.

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  • Translation from German (Deutsch) to Finnish (Suomi) copyright © 2008 by Milla Valkeasuo, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.

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This text was added to the website: 2008-05-15
Line count: 8
Word count: 25