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by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962)

Chrysanthemum
Language: Finnish (Suomi) 
Sano, mistä sa saitkaan loistosi
noin hiekalla tomuisen turun?
Minä luulen, että sun juuresi
on ruokkima salaisen surun.

Kun verkkaan päivä sammuu pois
ja kun yö sen pauhinan poistaa,
mun on kuin sun äänesi kuulla vois,
ja sun silmäs niin suurena loistaa.

Minun on kuin sun kummassa katseessas
ois öisten unien syvyys,
kuin lääkitä ei vois suruas,
ei maan, ei taivaan hyvyys.

Minun on kuin kukkaissydämes
elontuskan tuntea voisi,
minun on kuin sun yöllinen kuiskehes
vain hillitty nyyhkytys oisi.

Minä luulen, sa surulta loistees sait,
vaikk' kasvoitkin hiekkaan turun,
minä tunnen ne elämän ankarat lait:
kukat parhaat on kukkia surun.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), "Chrysanthemum", appears in Runoja, first published 1906 [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), "Chrysanthemum", op. 45 no. 4 (1913) [ voice and piano ], from Lauluja V. A. Koskenniemen sanoihin I, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2018-10-26
Line count: 20
Word count: 100

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