Pikkulinnut liverrelkää siveästi, säveästi, tuulta, ilmaa ylistelkää vienosti ja viehkeästi. Ah, kun peipot piipattavat, ah, kun pikku pulmut raksaa, kyyhkyläiset kuhertavat -- kuinka sitä kuulla maksaa! Huuhkajall' on toinen ääni, toiset halut, toiset tavat. Kiitosta ei kaiu lääni, kun sen laulut kumahtavat. Kuulija vain yksinäinen vapiseepi tuvassansa, rinnassansa kylmyys jäinen, kuolon kutsu korvissansa.
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Text Authorship:
- by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), "Huuhkaja", appears in Valkeat kaupungit, in Pikkurunoja, no. 4, first published 1908 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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