Mu isamaa on minu arm

My Fatherland is my Love
My Fatherland is my Love
by Lydia Koidula
Original title	Mu isamaa on minu arm
Country	Estonia
Language	Estonian

Last updated August 04, 2024

"Mu isamaa on minu arm" ("My Fatherland is My Love") is an Estonian poem by Lydia Koidula. The poem was first set to music for the first Estonian Song Festival in 1869 by Aleksander Kunileid.

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Estonian text by Lydia Koidula^[3]	Alternate text^[4]	English translation
Mo issama on minno arm, Kel süddant annud ma, Sull’ laulan ma, mo üllem õn, Mo õitsew Eestima! So wallo süddames mul keeb, So õn ja rõõm mind rõõmsaks teeb, Mo issama! Mo issama on minno arm, Ei tedda jätta ma, Ja peaks sadda surma ma Sepärrast surrema! Kas laimab wõera kaddedus, Sa siiski ellad süddames, Mo issama! Mo issama on minno arm, Ja tahhan puhkada, So rüppe heidan unnele, Mo pühha Eestima! So linnud und mull’ laulawad, Mo põrmust lilled õitsetad, Mo issama!	Mo isamaa on minu arm, kell’ südant annud ma, sull’ laulan ma, mo ülem õn, mo õitsew Eestimaa! So walu südames mul keeb, so õn ja rõõm mind rõõmsaks teeb, mo isamaa, mo isamaa, mo isamaa! Mo isamaa on minu arm, ei teda jätta ma, ja peaks sada surma ma seepärast surema! Kás laimab wõera kadedus, sa siiski elad südames, mo isamaa, mo isamaa, mo isamaa! Mo isamaa on minu arm, ja tahan puhkada, so rüppe heidan unele, mo püha Eestimaa! So linnud und mull’ laulawad, mo põrmust lilled õitsetad, mo isamaa, mo isamaa, mo isamaa!	My fatherland is my love, To whom I give my heart. To thee I sing, my greatest joy, My blossoming Estonia! Thy pain boileth in my heart, Thy pride and joy make me happy, My fatherland, my fatherland! My fatherland is my love, Never shall I leave him, Even if I die a hundred deaths All because of him! Though foreign envy slander thee, Thou still livest in my heart, My fatherland, my fatherland! My Fatherland is my love, And in thee I want to rest, To lie down into thine arms, My sacred Estonia! Thy birds will sing to me, Flowers will bloom from my ashes, My fatherland, my fatherland!

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References

↑ Gustav Ernesaks Archived 2008-02-22 at the Wayback Machine
↑ The historical overview of Estonian Song Celebrations
↑ anonymous (Lydia Koidula): Emmajöe Öpik. I. Tartus, 1866, p. 29
↑ Wanemuine Kandle Healed. Neljahealega meeste koorid. Eesti Laulupühaks 1869 wälja annug C. R. Jakobson. St.Petersbourg, 1869, p. 9 (Text by L. Koidula, Music by A. Kunileid)

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