Kulkee kuun ja päivän silta yli vanhan kaarikaton lankee pinjan tumma varjo yli vanhan nurmimaton. Illan tiessä niin kuin aamun raunioilla mykkä palmu veriruusut, villi viini unhoituksen vieno valmu… Muurin luona vanha nunna niin kuin varjo liikkuu hiljaa hoitain pyhän yrttitarhan okahaista ruusuviljaa… Kukkaa kastaa, jälleen vaipuu rukoukseen oven pieleen: "Mater Dei, anna rauha ylpeään ja nurjaan mieleen!" "Anna rauha" toistaa pinjat palmut, ruusut, alla uksen synkät sypressit ja pienet univalmut unhoituksen…
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Text Authorship:
- by Hilja Onerva Madetoja (1882 - 1972), as L. Onerva, appears in Kaukainen kevät, first published 1914 [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 Leevi Antti Madetoja (1887 - 1947), "Vanha luostari", op. 82 (Sekakuorolauluja = Songs for Mixed Choir) no. 2 (1946), first performed 1947 [ soprano mixed chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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