Lauluja

audiobook

Lauluja

by Antti Rytkönen

FI·~41 minutes·3 chapters

Chapters

3 total
1

LAULUJA

0:04
2

SISÄLLYS:

31:45
3

12-13.IV.1597.

10:02

Description

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.

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Language

fi

Duration

~41 minutes (40K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Original publisher

Helsinki: Vihtori Alava, 1900.

Credits

Tapio Riikonen

Release date

2023-10-31

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

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Antti Rytkönen

1870–1930

A Finnish writer and translator remembered for bringing stories from other languages to Finnish readers in the early 1900s. His best-known surviving record today is as the translator of Irlantilaisia satuja.

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