Alte Kirche | Eine alte Kirche steht allein in der arktischen Wüste

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by Vilho Edvard Törmänen (1886 - 1967)

Translation © by Erkki Pullinen

Vanha kirkko

Language: Finnish (Suomi)

Our translations: GER

Vanha kirkko yksin erämaassa:
lasit rikki, ovet tuskin haassa,
torni huojuu, vettä vuotaa katto,
harjaa peittää tumma sammalmatto.

Vanha kirkko muistaa nuoruuttansa,
jolloin penkit täytti harras kansa.
Silloin kaikui vuoroin saarna, virsi,
murtui joskus synnin synkkä kirsi.

Vanha kirkko on nyt yksinäinen,
niin kuin äiti nöyrä, nyyhkiväinen.
Nurmen alla seurakunta maatuu,
vanhus vuottaa, milloin itse kaatuu.

Text Authorship:

by Vilho Edvard Törmänen (1886 - 1967) [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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Vanha kirkko", op. 54 no. 1, from Tunturilauluja III, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]

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

GER German (Deutsch) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Alte Kirche", copyright © 2012, (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: 12
Word count: 56

Alte Kirche

Language: German (Deutsch) after the Finnish (Suomi)

Eine alte Kirche steht allein in der arktischen Wüste.
Die Fenster zerbrochen, die Türe nicht geriegelt.
Der Turm schwankt, das Dach läßt Wasser durch.
Den First bedeckt ein dunkler, bemooster Teppich.

Die alte Kirche denkt an alten Zeiten,
dann waren die Bänke voll von frommen Leute.
Damals klang es, bald ein Predigt, bald die heilgen Weisen,
und manchmal ist das düstre Joch der Sünd' gebrochen.

Die alte Kirche steht da nun ganz alleine,
einer Mutter gleich, die demutsvoll da weinet.
Unterm Rasen vererdet die Gemeinde.
Die Alte wartet, wann sie selbst ruiniert werden soll.

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a text in Finnish (Suomi) by Vilho Edvard Törmänen (1886 - 1967)
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This text was added to the website: 2012-05-22
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Word count: 94