Mun uneni iltapilviä on, punaviitta-urhoja kunniavahdissa ylt'ympäri kuolevan auringon. Surumarssin, mun kaipuuni soittaman tahdissa ne liehuvat lippunsa paareille tuo. Elon ruhtinas viimeisen loistonsa mahdissa yli maidensa kuningas-katseen luo: «Te unet, te pilvi-urohot, miss' olitte taiston ja voiman ajalla? Nyt on laanneet ilot ja taistelot. Te tulette myöhään, kuoleman rajalla. Yö nostaa ikuista valtikkaa.« Jo unet, jo pilvet sammukaa!
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Text Authorship:
- by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), "Iltapilviä", appears in Hiilivalkea, first published 1913 [author's text not yet checked 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 Toivo Kuula (1883 - 1918), "Iltapilviä", op. 27a no. 5 (1914) [ men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text not yet checked]
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