"Maamme" (Our Land) is the national anthem of Finland.
It was composed by Fredrik Pacius and written by Johan Ludvig Runeberg and performed first time on May 13, 1848.
Here are the lyrics in Finnish translation, Swedish (original), and English translation:
Maamme
- Oi maamme, Suomi, synnyinmaa!
- Soi sana kultainen!
- Ei laaksoa, ei kukkulaa,
- ei vettä rantaa rakkaampaa
- kuin kotimaa tää pohjoinen.
- Maa kallis isien.
- Sun kukoistukses kuorestaan
- kerrankin puhkeaa;
- viel' lempemme saa nousemaan
- sun toivos, riemus loistossaan,
- ja kerran laulus, synnyinmaa
- korkeemman kaiun saa.
Vårt land
- Vårt land, vårt land, vårt fosterland,
- ljud högt, o dyra ord!
- Ej lyfts en höjd mot himlens rand,
- ej sänks en dal, ej sköljs en strand,
- mer älskad än vår bygd i nord,
- än våra fäders jord!
- Din blomning, sluten än i knopp,
- Skall mogna ur sitt tvång;
- Se, ur vår kärlek skall gå opp
- Ditt ljus, din glans, din fröjd, ditt hopp.
- Och högre klinga skall en gång
- Vår fosterländska sång.
Our Land
- Our land, our land, our fatherland,
- Sound loud, O name of worth!
- No mount that meets the heaven's band,
- No hidden vale, no wavewashed strand,
- Is loved, as is our native North,
- Our own forefathers' earth.
- Thy blossom, in the bud laid low,
- Yet ripened shall upspring.
- See! From our love once more shall grow
- Thy light, thy joy, thy hope, thy glow!
- And clearer yet one day shall ring
- The song our land shall sing.
External links
- The Finnish National Anthem - history of the anthem, and RealAudio of the song