Sa mykkä matkalainen maan, sua tunnettu ei milloinkaan. Kuin varjo kesken varjojen pois liu'ut yöhön, unehen. Ei hiekkaan jää sun jälkeäs, ei ilmaan ääntä äänestäs. Ken uskoikaan sun eläneen, ken toivoneen, ken kärsineen, kun kerran hautas tasataan, sa mykkä matkalainen maan?
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Text Authorship:
- by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), no title, appears in Hiilivalkea, in Hämärän lauluja, no. 11, first published 1913 [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 Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Sa mykkä matkalainen maan", op. 25 (Laulua V. A. Koskenniemen runoihin) no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Harri Wessman (b. 1949), "Mykkä matkalainen", 1994 [ baritone and piano ], from Viisi surullista laulua Petteri Falckille, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
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