Säkeitä II

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Säkeitä II

by Otto Manninen

FI·~24 minutes·43 chapters

Chapters

43 total

SÄKEITÄ II

0:03

SISÄLLYS: - METSÄN SATU.

0:10

YÖTUULI.

0:12

MAAN KAIHO.

0:05

TERVEHDYSSÄKEITÄ.

0:06

METSÄN SATU - METSÄN SATU.

0:21

LEIVOPARI.

0:32

TULIT.

0:29

LINTU.

0:51

SINIKUKKIA.

0:14
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Description

A lyrical journey unfurls through a living forest, where every rustle of leaf and flash of a night‑winged bird feels like a whispered story. The opening sketches a tapestry of magical scenes—an ancient wood‑spirit beckons, a sudden fire warms the cold dawn, and a solitary bird sings its free‑flight hymn—each fragment pulsing with the rhythm of folk poetry. As the narrator drifts deeper, the forest’s moods shift from tender spring dreaming to the hushed tension of moonlit seas, inviting listeners to share in both wonder and quiet yearning.

The collection continues in the same breathless cadence, blending wistful love verses with subdued prayers for aid, and blooming images of blue‑flower fields that linger like fragile memories. Through its vivid, musical language, the work captures the timeless dance between human heart and wild nature, offering an intimate, almost meditative experience that feels both timelessly Finnish and universal in its reverence for the unseen world.

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Language

fi

Duration

~24 minutes (23K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Release date

Oct 8, 2016

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

Otto Manninen

Otto Manninen

1872–1950

A pioneer of modern Finnish poetry, this writer was known for language so precise and musical that his poems were often described as tightly woven. He also brought major classics from Homer to Goethe into Finnish, leaving a lasting mark on the language itself.

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