Maiden's Blush

Our Maiden's Blush started to bloom a week ago, it's only a shame that we have had rain showers and flowers have damages. Yesterday evening especially it rained very heavily, so that streets flooded in Tampere.

Leevi missed his hiking trip to Lapland, he was too ill to leave. Emma's flu continues now 4th week. And, top it off, now also J has fever. Last year our summer was a nightmare, all family members were ill one after another so that we needed to cancel all plans. Hopefully I will stay healthy and others get well soon.

Today is Eino Leino's day, and then we celebrate summer and poetry.

Eino Leino remains one of Finland's most popular romantic poets, often quoted at ceremonies from baptisms to graduations, weddings and funerals. He was born on July 6, 1878. Leino, who published more than 70 books of poems and stories, drew heavily on Finnish mythology and folklore.


Peace by Eino Leino

What is this fragrance around me?
What is this quietness?
What is this knowledge of peace in my heart?
What strange, great, new thing is this?

I can hear the flowers growing
and the talk of the trees in the wood.
I think all my old dreams are ripening,
all the hopes and the wishes I sowed.

Everything's quiet around me,
Everything's gentle and sweet.
Great flowers are opening up in my heart
with a fragrance of deepest peace.

(1898)
translated by Lola Rogers

This is from Eino Leino's collection Sata ja yksi laulua (A Hundred and One Songs).


Rauha

Mitä on nää touksut mun ympärilläin?
Mitä on tämä hiljaisuus?
Mitä tietävi rauha mun sydämessäin,
tää suuri ja outo ja uus?

Minä kuulen, kuink' kukkaset kasvavat
ja metsässä puhuvat puut.
Minä luulen, nyt kypsyvät unelmat
ja toivot ja toou'ot muut.

Kaikk' on niin hiljaa mun ympärilläin,
kaikk' on niin hellää ja hyvää.
Kukat suuret mun aukeevat sydämessäin
ja touksuvat rauhaa syvää.


If you are a Finn, please remember that you'll find Leino's poets from here


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