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Varpunen jouluaamuna

Lumi on jo peittänyt kukat laaksosessa,
Järven aalto jäätynyt talvipakkasessa.
Varpunen pienoinen syönyt kesäeinehen,
Järven aalto jäätynyt talvipakkasessa.

Pienen pirtin portailla oli tyttökulta:
Tule, varpu, riemulla, ota siemen multa!
Joulu on, koditon varpuseni onneton.
Tule tänne riemulla, ota siemen multa!

Tytön luo nyt riemuiten lensi varpukulta:
Kiitollisna siemenen otan kyllä sulta.
Palkita Jumala tahtoo kerran sinua,
Kiitollisna siemenen otan kyllä sulta!

En mä ole, lapseni, lintu tästä maasta.
Olen pieni veljesi, tulin taivahasta.
Siemenen pienoisen, jonka annoit köyhällen,
Pieni sai sun veljesi enkeleitten maasta.

Sparrow on Christmas Morning

Snow has already covered the flowers in the valley,
The waves of the lake frozen in winter cold.
A tiny sparrow has eaten its summer meal,
The waves of the lake frozen in winter cold.

A fair maiden was on the stairs of her small cabin:
Come, sparrow, with joy, take a seed from me!
It is Christmas, my homeless sparrow, unfortunate.
Come here with joy, take a seed from me!

The little sparrow flew to the maiden with joy:
Grateful, I will take a seed from you.
God will reward you one day,
Grateful, I will take a seed from you!

I am not, my child, a bird from this land.
I am your little brother, I came from heaven.
The tiny seed that you gave to the poor,
Your little brother received it from the land of angels.