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by Kaarlo Kramsu (1855 - 1895)

Onneton
Language: Finnish (Suomi) 
Niin musta, niin synkkä yö syksyinen lie;
Mut synkempi vielä on eloni tie;
Voi yölläkin tuikata tähtönen vielä,
Mut tähteä yhtään ei eloni tiellä.

Yön toivona tähtöset kirkkahat on:
Ne viittaavat valoon ja aurinkohon.
Mut toivot ne seuraa ei eloni myötä:
Mä viettänyt ain' olen tähdetönt' yötä.

Oi, yöhöni, Luoja, yks tähtönen luo
Ja loistaa sen mieleeni [kurjahan]1 suo.
Sit' iloiten seuraisin eloni tiellä
Ja kuollessain siihen mä katsoisin vielä.

Available sung texts:   ← What is this?

•   O. Merikanto 

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1 Merikanto: "synkeään"

Text Authorship:

  • by Kaarlo Kramsu (1855 - 1895), "Onneton", appears in Runoelmia, first published 1887 [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 Oskar Merikanto (1868 - 1924), "Onneton", op. 2 no. 3 (1887-9). [voice and piano] [
     text verified 1 time
    ]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-12-17
Line count: 12
Word count: 70

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