by Katri Vala (1901 - 1944)
Translation Singable translation by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959)
Hämähäkki
Language: Finnish (Suomi)
Katselin pientä, nopeasti kulkevaa hämähäkkiä, jonka mustaa, julmaa ruumista kannatti kahdeksan tummanpunaista jalkaa. Ajattelin suurta, mustaa hämähäkkiä, Kuolemaa, joka on kutonut verkkonsa yli maan, jonka jalat ovat tuskallisesti kuolleiden verestä punaiset.
Authorship:
- by Katri Vala (1901 - 1944), "Hämähäkki", appears in Kaukainen puutarha, first published 1924 [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Hämähäkki" [voice and piano], from Lauluja kuolemasta, no. 2, also set in Swedish (Svenska) [ sung text checked 1 time]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959) , "Spindeln" ; composed by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen.
Researcher for this page: Erkki Pullinen
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Word count: 31
Spindeln
Language: Swedish (Svenska)  after the Finnish (Suomi)
Framför mig såg jag en snabbt och ljudlöst smygande liten spindel, såg dess svarta, grymma kropp, som var buren av fyra par mörkröda fötter. Tänkte på den svarta jättespindeln, Döden, som har spunnit sitt nät över hela vår jord, den, vars grymma fötter färgats av de dödas blod röda.
Authorship:
- Singable translation by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Spindeln" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in Finnish (Suomi) by Katri Vala (1901 - 1944), "Hämähäkki", appears in Kaukainen puutarha, first published 1924
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Spindeln" [voice and piano], from Lauluja kuolemasta, no. 2, also set in Finnish (Suomi) [ sung text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this page: Erkki Pullinen
This text was added to the website: 2017-04-27
Line count: 7
Word count: 49