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Nocturne - translated by Aina Swan Cutler

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I hear the evening cornbird calling.

Moonlight floods the fields of tasseled grain.

Wood smoke, drifting veils the distant valleys.

Summer evening's joy is here for me.

I'm not happy yet no sorrow shakes me,

but the dark woods stillness I would welcome.

Rosy clouds through which the day is falling,

sleepy breezes from the blue gray mountains,

shodows on the water, meadow flowers...

out of these my heart's own song I'll make!

I will sing it, summer hay-sweet maiden,

sing to you my deep serenity,

my own faith that sounds a swelling music,

oak-leaf garland ever fresh and green.

I'll no longer chase the will-o-wisp.

Happiness is here in my own keeping.

Day by day, life's circle narrows, closes.

Time stands still now ... weather cocks all sleeping.

Here before me lies a shadowy way

leading to a strange, an unknown place.

-Eino Leino -

Intro Updated Aug 14, 2006
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kandoi Jun 3, 2012 at 9:05 AM

Happy Birthday
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Laura_Mexico Jun 3, 2008 at 11:22 AM

Best wishes all the way up north to your beautiful country for your b-day..... cheers from Mexico!
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mary2u99 Jun 2, 2007 at 11:32 PM

Happy birthday to you & enjoy your weekend.:-)
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gordonilla Nov 5, 2006 at 12:31 AM

Hei, nice pages and the Finnish ones make me miss Suomi - my next trip is bewteen Christmas and new year to Helsinki. I need the snow and cold. I like the food pics.