Kerran lienen sun lasna ma nähnyt tai uness' ehkä. Ei, en milloinkaan, en sua nähnyt ma lie, en sua maisin silmin ma nähnyt, en unessain ees, äänetön, ylhäinen vieras tähdellä Maan. Oot elämän sovitus sinä ollut ainoa mulle, vain sinuhun, sinuhun, Kauneus, uskonut oon. Valtijatar, sinä kylmä ja ylpeä, viilehin otsin, sormin hienoisin, katsehin yön-vakavin -- viittasi hulmeen ma nähnyt oon, mut en sua koskaan, maisin silmin en, Kauneus, valtijatar.
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Text Authorship:
- by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), "Kauneudelle", appears in Elegioja, in Elegioja, no. 8 [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), "Elegia kauneudelle", op. 20 (Laulua V. A. Koskenniemen runoihin) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
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