
LAULUJA
SISÄLLYS:
12-13.IV.1597.
A wavering voice drifts through the Finnish shoreline, where the restless sea meets a sky that seems both distant and intimate. In the first part of the collection, poems echo the pulse of waves, the chill of winter ice, and the sudden warmth of a promised summer, each stanza painting a fragile landscape of longing and hope.
The verses shift from tender reflections on love and loss to vivid images of swans, ducks, and the ever‑changing wind among birch leaves. Through quiet moments beneath a lone leaf or beside a lake’s frozen surface, the poet explores the inner turbulence that mirrors the external storm, offering a sense of both isolation and communion with nature.
Interwoven with melancholy and quiet joy, the pieces invite listeners to linger on the small, rhythmic details of everyday life—whether the crackle of a hearth, the distant call of a gull, or the soft rustle of spring‑time reeds—evoking a timeless, almost reverent dialogue between heart and horizon.
Language
fi
Duration
~41 minutes (40K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Original publisher
Helsinki: Vihtori Alava, 1900.
Credits
Tapio Riikonen
Release date
Oct 31, 2023
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
Subjects
1870–1930
A Finnish poet, children’s author, teacher, and collector of folk poetry, Antti Rytkönen brought together literary imagination and a deep interest in Finnish cultural traditions. He is also remembered as the librettist of Pohjan neiti, regarded as the first Finnish-language opera.
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