Glittering bright, streaming in swirls
flow night-deep fountains of tears,
rolling in streams as golden pearls,
ancient remains of my happy years.
As golden pearls, stars and the moon
on the surface floating, memories gleam,
all arising as a picturesque tune
of a long-since forgotten dream.
Like a wreath they are circling tight
around the sunny ghost of my longing:
in the eve of my life they are now as bright
as they were at early dawn of my morning.
Onerva Lehtinen [L. Onerva] (1882-1972) Finland
Translated by Pentti M. Rautaharju
Source: Jewels of Classic Finnish Poetry II
flow night-deep fountains of tears,
rolling in streams as golden pearls,
ancient remains of my happy years.
As golden pearls, stars and the moon
on the surface floating, memories gleam,
all arising as a picturesque tune
of a long-since forgotten dream.
Like a wreath they are circling tight
around the sunny ghost of my longing:
in the eve of my life they are now as bright
as they were at early dawn of my morning.
Onerva Lehtinen [L. Onerva] (1882-1972) Finland
Translated by Pentti M. Rautaharju
Source: Jewels of Classic Finnish Poetry II
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