Minä kuljen tuttua polkuain, suopursujen tuoksu niin huumaa, -- sydän, hiljaa hetkinen rinnassain! Yö henkii kaihoa kuumaa. Hämy vihreä verhoo hongikon, suosilmät niin vietellen läikkyy -- en tule, en tule, mun kiire on: mulle toiset silmät väikkyy! Vie polkuni järven pohjukkaan liki nukkuvan kylän laidan, siellä harmaa veräjä raollaan on keskellä harmaan aidan. Sen veräjän takana odottaa ilo, onni ja unhon huuma, sua odottaa, sua odottaa, sinä sydän rauhaton, kuuma!
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Text Authorship:
- by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), "Kesäyössä", appears in Elegioja, first published 1918 [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), "Kesäyössä", op. 21 (Laulua V. A. Koskenniemen runoihin) no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-08-31
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