Veit kesäisenä yönä sielun multa, sä metsän sinipiika loihdullas. Sen teki kumma laulu laulamas, sun silmäis sini ja sun kutreis kulta. Se mikä ennen sytytti sydämeen tulta, se kävi kalpeaksi rinnallas. Veit paljon, paljon multa mukanas, vain kaihon kalvavan sain sijaan sulta. Ken lumoissa on metsänneitosen, hän omaa sieluansa etsien käy muille outona kuin unissansa, hän katsoo kaihoin illan hämärään, hän riutuu sanattomaan ikävään ja etsii, etsii omaa sieluansa.
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Authorship:
- by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), "Sinipiika", appears in Runoja, in Vanhoista kätköistä, no. 1, first published 1906 [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 Toivo Kuula (1883 - 1918), "Sinipiika", op. 23 (Neljä laulua) no. 1 (1912) [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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