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by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962)

Rannalta
Language: Finnish (Suomi) 
1

On suuri sun rantas autius,
sitä sentään ikävöin: --
miten villisorsan valitus
soi kaislikossa öin...

Joku yksinäinen, eksynyt,
joka vilua vaikeroi,
jok' on kaislikossa kierrellyt
eik' emoa löytää voi.

Sun harmajata aaltoas
olen katsonut kyynelein:
ens surunsa itkenyt rannallas
mun on oma nuoruutein.

On syvään sun kuvasi painunut
ja sitä ikävöin.
Olen villisorsaa kuunnellut
ma siellä monin öin...

2

Iltaruskon loimu läikehtii,
hetkeks veden pintaan vielä jää se.
Venhe valkamassa uneksii
ulapoista, joit'ei koskaan nää se.

Ja ma iltaruskoon katselen
ja ma olen sairas ikävästä
kaikkeen, jota koskaan saa ma en,
kaikkeen, joka katos elämästä.

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Text Authorship:

  • by Veikko Antero Koskenniemi (1885 - 1962), "Rannalta", appears in Valkeat kaupungit, first published 1908 [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 Heino Kaski (1885 - 1957), "Rannalta" [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Yrjö Henrik Kilpinen (1892 - 1959), "Rannalta", op. 23 (Laulua V. A. Koskenniemen runoihin) no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Leevi Antti Madetoja (1887 - 1947), "Rannalta", op. 8 (Mieskuorosävellyksiä) no. 6 (1911), first performed 1911 [ men's chorus ] [sung text not yet checked]

Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 26
Word count: 95

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