Yön ihmeelliseen valoon peittyin pihamaa
ja kaikki tutut aitat sadun hohteen saavat.
Nyt tuskin vapisevat tunnon-herkät haavat,
vain vanhan kaivon vintti joskus narahtaa.
On päivän tuskat, riemut loppuun soinehet
ja elämä on lepoon käynyt pitkään laihoon.
Yön suureen, sanattomaan, kirkkahasen kaihoon,
mun sieluni kuin lapsi kehtoon raukenet.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), no title, op. 22 no. 3, stanzas 1-2, from Lakeus, no. 3
Text Authorship:
- by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), no title, appears in Runoja, in Lakeus, no. 3, first published 1906
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Line count: 12
Word count: 73