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by Juhani Aho, né Johannes Brofeldt (1861 - 1921)

Veljeni vierailla mailla
Language: Finnish (Suomi) 
Minä näin sinut taas sinä Suomeni maa.
Kohos kalliot, niemet nous?
Ja paistoivat saaret ja puhtoset purjeet
Ja aikoi mun rintani riemahtaa
Kun muistin,
Että jäivat veljeni vieraille maille.

Kiiruhdin kotia kohti
Niityn niemehen viherjän.
Leyhyi tuuli, loiski laine,
Nuokahteli nuori heinä,
Kahahteli rannan kaisla.
Aioin venheessä vesille,
Purressani purjehille.
Vaan oli veljeni vierailla mailla.

Oli ihana juhliva juhannus,
Taas oli käkien kukunta-aika.
Tulet loistivat, raikuivat rannat ja maat
Ja sävelet laineilla soi.
Vaan kuinka voi purjetta valaista päivä,
Kuinka lepatella järven laine,
Kuinka nuoret naureskella,
Kuinka ihmiset iloita?
Vaikk'ovat veljeni vierailla mailla.

Text Authorship:

  • by Juhani Aho, né Johannes Brofeldt (1861 - 1921) [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 Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Veljeni vierailla mailla", JS. 217 (1904) [ men's chorus a cappella ] [sung text checked 1 time]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 23
Word count: 93

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