Omaa kirkkauttansa kummeksuin kesäyöhyt maille laskeuupi. Syviin aatoksiinsa unehtuin puiset ristit yössä uneksuupi. Elon onni, lempi, ystävyys, tänne soi kuin kaiku laulun lauhan. Kaartuu ikihyvä ijäisyys yli sydämeni suuren rauhan. Täälä jossain lähelläni liet, -- tunnen ohitse sun kulkeneesi -- sa ken kerran uneksijan viet rauhan kotiin, pyhään kirkkauteesi.
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View text with all available footnotesNote: Kuula adds at the end the line "sä sinne uneksijan vienet."
Text Authorship:
- by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), "Kesäyö kirkkomaalla", appears in Runoja, in Lakeus, no. 8 [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 Toivo Kuula (1883 - 1918), "Kesäyö kirkkomaalla", op. 6 no. 1 (1907) [ voice and piano ], from Kaksi laulua V. A. Koskenniemen sanoihin, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Kesäyö kirkkomaalla", op. 46 no. 8 (1908) [ voice and piano ], from Lauluja V. A. Koskenniemen sanoihin II, no. 8 [sung text not yet checked]
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