Finlandia Hymn (Sibelius) Nino Rota Orchestra (Bari, Italy)

Choir Misure Composte (Bari)
Conductor Bepi Speranza

January 1, 2006 - Teatro Piccinni, Bari (Italy)

Lyrics
This is my song, Oh God of all the nations,
A song of peace for lands afar and mine.
This is my home, the country where my heart is;
This is my hope, my dream, my shrine.
But other hearts in other lands are beating,
With hopes and dreams the same as mine.

My country's skies are bluer than the ocean,
And sunlight beams on cloverleaf and pine.
But other lands have sunlight too and clover,
And skies are everywhere as blue as mine.
Oh hear my song, oh God of all the nations,
A song of peace for their land and mine.

Lyrics in finnish from weedymacweedweed
Oi Suomi, katso, sinun päiväs' koittaa,
yön uhka karkoitettu on jo pois,
ja aamun kiuru kirkkaudessa soittaa
kuin itse taivahan kansi sois'.
Yön vallat aamun valkeus jo voittaa,
sun päiväs' koittaa, oi synnyinmaa.

Oi nouse, Suomi, nosta korkealle
pääs' seppelöimä suurten muistojen,
oi nouse, Suomi, näytit maailmalle
sa että karkoitit orjuuden
ja ettet taipunut sa sorron alle,
on aamus' alkanut, synnyinmaa.

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[puercantor]

The finnish version of lyrics was written in 1941. The words the choir is singing in 1934. And, unless you are singing in Finland, if you sing finnish lyrics, no chance to give the message to the audience.

[FakeDead]

O Finland, behold, your day is dawning, The threat of night has been banished away, And the lark of morning in the brightness sings, As though the very firmament would sing. The powers of the night are vanquished by the morning light, Your day is dawning, O land of birth. O rise, Finland, rise up high Your head, wreathed with great memories. O rise, Finland, you showed to the world That you drove away the slavery, And that you did not bend under oppression, Your day is dawning, O land of birth.

[Veripalleroinen]

Oh boy if this would only be our national song... Sooo mutch better than "Vårt land". And it's stupid to share the same hymn with Estonia

[penzo333]

@Veripalleroinen Stupid..? But we are same people with Estonians.

[Mikethekinslayer]

@Mikethekinslayer E la versione vocale non è l'originale!!!

ERESIA!!!

[Mikethekinslayer]

Manca un BEL pezzo a Finlandia! :S

(E cos'è Telenorba? :D)

[AfroPoli]

Together with the German national song, this is the most beautiful.

[Nonie46]

@Kazumaster You are absolutely correct! However, I would admit that with this song inspired the Finns in defending their homeland and stopped the Russians from spreading the barbaric idea of communism!

[rakkipallo]

why you people argue over fucking lyrics?? this song is all about freedom( nothing to do with god btw) and how small nation can rise and push incoming slavery and communism back. this song is also all about how people can over do him self when distress is biggest. remember that. good song by great man and great nation.

[davnkatz]

I have long loved the hauntingly lovely music of FinlandiaHymn.  Seeing the words in English helps me realize how sacred this must be to Finns ans America the Beautiful is sacred to Americans.

[pegleglester]

With proper accreditation, with diffeent lyrics, this appears in the LDS Hymnal as "Be Still, My Soul" and is one of the hymns that I cannot sing without crying.

[danieljdick]

Sibelius is quoted as saying, "Music is for me like a beautiful mosaic which God has put together. He takes all the pieces in his hand, throws them into the world, and we have to recreate the picture from the pieces." Some refer to God or gods in more of an anthropomorphic illustration than as a focus of personal belief and devotion but I wonder whether Sibelius would be offended or pleased to have his song joined with the poem "Be Sill My Soul" for its expression of love, hope, faith.

[danieljdick]

@Kazumaster I am sorry for my comments. I see your point. It stems in part from a personal sensitivity to abuses both within and outside the church where people who believed in religious freedom to seek a personal relationship with a good and loving and sincere God of Biblical foundation was replaced with some totalitarian regime that either killed and abused those who believed or hijacked authority to force everyone to comply with what they claimed God said. USSR and N. Korea are examples.