Tunturille mennä tahdon, sinne mieli halaa, siellä tuuli tuivertaapi, päivän lieska palaa. Tunturille mennä täytyy sinne vetää veri. Siellä soivat taaton virret, poika jotka peri. Tunturille mennä tahdon, tahdon korkealle. Sieltä katson niinkuin kotka kauas maailmalle.
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Authorship:
- by Vilho Edvard Törmänen (1886 - 1967) [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), "Tunturille", op. 52 no. 4, from Tunturilauluja I, no. 4 [sung text checked 1 time]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Erkki Pullinen) , "Den Fjelden zu", copyright © 2012, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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