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from Volkslieder (Folksongs)

Mikä lie minunki luonut
Language: Finnish (Suomi) 
Mikä lie minunki luonut,
Kuka kurjasen kuvannut —
Liekö luonut luoja suuri,
Suennut sula Jumala?
Jos lie luonut luoja suuri,
Suennut sula Jumala,
Tok' ei luonut luontapäänä,
Suennut suentapäänä;
Loi päänä luonnattomana,
Suunnattomana sukesi.

Enkä tieä tekijätäni,
Enkä tarkoin saajoani;
Liekö telkkä tielle tehnyt,
Sorsa suolle suorittanut,
Tavi rannalle takonut,
Koskelo kiven kolohon.
Iso heitti heikkosena,
Matalana maammo jätti,
Härän kynnen korkuisena,
Pystyn peukalon pituisna;
Heitti isoni iltikalle,
Emo jätti jäätikälle,
Joka tuulen tuntemahan,
Arvoamahan ahavan.

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Text Authorship:

  • from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , "En tieä tekijätäni", appears in Kalevala, no. 34 [author's text checked 1 time 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 Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Kotihinsa muut menevä", op. 151 (Neljä laulua = Four songs) no. 1 (1928) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-11-14
Line count: 24
Word count: 76

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