Hymni Thaïkselle | Thaïs, kerran Helena, Zeuksen siittämä

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by Arthur Hjalmar Borgström (1859 - 1927)

Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

Thaïs, once Helen, of Zeus begotten

Language: English

Our translations: FIN

Thaïs, once Helen, of Zeus begotten,
unforgettable unforgotten,
doom'd to pass deathless
through new incarnations,
ever the wonder of new generations.

Thaïs, fair Thaïs, whose mystic smile
still through ages us men doth beguile.
Thaïs of Egypt and Helen of Troy,
essence Olympic and earthly alloy.

Who saw thee incarnate,
shall ne'er forget Thee.
Thaïs, I would that I never had meet Thee.

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Text Authorship:

by Arthur Hjalmar Borgström (1859 - 1927) [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), "Hymn to Thaïs", alternate title: "Hymn to Thaïs, the Unforgettable", JS. 97 (1909/10?). [voice and piano] [
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Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):

FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Erkki Pullinen) , title 1: "Hymni Thaïkselle", copyright © 2010, (re)printed on this website with kind permission

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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-14
Line count: 12
Word count: 63

Hymni Thaïkselle

Language: Finnish (Suomi) after the English

Thaïs, kerran Helena, Zeuksen siittämä,
unohtumattomista unohtumattomin,
tuomittu kuolemattomana vaeltamaan edelleen
aina uusissa inkarnaatioissa.
aina uusien sukupolvien ihmeteltävänä.

Thaïs, ihana Thaïs, jonka mystinen hymy
yhä vieläkin halki aikojen kiihottaa miehiä.
Egyptin Thaïs ja Troijan Helena
yhdistävät olympolaisen ja maisen olemuksen.

Kukaan, joka näki sinun inkarnaatiosi,
ei milloinkaan unohda Sinua.
Thaïs, kunpa en olisi koskaan kohdannut Sinua.

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a text in English by Arthur Hjalmar Borgström (1859 - 1927)
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This text was added to the website: 2010-01-14
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Word count: 56