Saturday, June 24, 2017

Juhannus / Midsummer Comments

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Minä avaan syömmeni selälleen
ja annan päivän paistaa,
minä tahdon kylpeä joka veen
ja joka marjan maistaa.
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Magdalena Biela
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Daniel Brick 28 September 2017

I thought I had commented in this poem last summer when I first read it. It relates to the Eino Leino poem I just read - Hymn to Fire. They both evoke a primeval rapport between nature and humanity, and it's exciting to find that rapport alive in modern poetry. Your translations are a service to all of us, Magdalena

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