Paroles et traduction Samuli Edelmann - Varpunen Jouluaamuna

Varpunen Jouluaamuna

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

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, lapsesi, lintu tästä maasta.
Olen pieni veljesi, tulin taivahasta.
Siemenen pienoisen, jonka annoit köyhälle,
Pieni sai sun veljesi enkeleitten maasta.

A Sparrow on Christmas Morning

Snow has covered the flowers in the valley,
The lake's waves have frozen in the winter cold.
A tiny sparrow has eaten its summer feast,
The lake's waves have frozen in the winter cold.

A lovely girl stood at the porch of a small cottage:
Come, sparrow, with joy, take a seed from me!
It is Christmas, my homeless sparrow, unfortunate one.
Come here with joy, take a seed from me!

The sparrow flew to the girl with great joy:
I will gratefully take the seed from you.
God will reward you, my child, someday,
I will gratefully take the 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.