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by Eino Leino (1878 - 1926)

Sirkan häämatka
 (Sung text for setting by E. Melartin)
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Language: Finnish (Suomi) 
Mikä on laulu lainehilla,
soitto aalloilla sorea?
"laiva aaltoja ajavi,
häävene vesiä käypi."

Kenen on kulta kulkemassa
kenen on häätulet hämyssä?
"Sirkan on vesillä venho,
sirkan tuoma tuhtopuullta."

Kuka on kulta heinäsirkan?
"Lepinkäinen leppälintu"
Minne matka miekkosien?
"Saarelle selälliselle, 
terhenniemen tanterelle!"

Composition:

    Set to music by Erkki Gustaf Melartin (1875 - 1937), "Sirkan häämatka", op. 15 no. 2 (1898) [ voice and piano ], from Nuorten lauluja II = Songs for the youth II, no. 2

Text Authorship:

  • by Eino Leino (1878 - 1926), no title, appears in Yökehrääjä, in Hämärissä, no. 6, first published 1896

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Researcher for this page: Sanna Mansikkaniemi

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 13
Word count: 41

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