Niin monen äänen kaiku kuollut on mun rinnassani öin ja päivin pitkin. Mut kuinka vuotten taakse painuisitkin, et joudu konsanaan sa unhohon. Näin unta: kotipihan puistikon ma kuljin kevätöistä tietä pitkin, kun äänes pimennosta pensaston ma kuullessani hiljaa onnest' itkin. Tän' yönä kotikoivut urvut saa ja keväthärmä kiiltää nurmikolla yön auringossa hopein, helmivöin. Oi tuhat vuotta tahdon unhoittaa ja tuhat vuotta onnellinen olla ja kuulla laulua sen linnun öin!
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Text Authorship:
- by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), "Sonetti sadun linnusta", appears in Hiilivalkea, 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), "Sonetti sadun linnusta", op. 20 (Laulua V. A. Koskenniemen runoihin) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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