From my text Skills of Christmas gnomes learntalents.blogspot.com :
" N88. 20th of July 2022 Eino Leino wrote ( my translation) :
"... See, a human feels sorrow and joy
and a human feels and lives.
But a singer wanders and listens
and in her/his ears kanteles play.
Those play, play days
and nights, those echo from far away, so far away.
And a singer wanders and listens
and a singer hears and - sings. "
Life has it's own rythms, like lifting one's glace when one is aware of one's environment, or running a short distance, or how the feel of rainy weather affects how one comes in. Those rythms are kind of like songs, and having started something natural and pleasant in one's everyday lufe one knows how to continue it, kind of saying yes i was singing this song and the other natural refreshibg songs of my daily life. But it is more like lufe singing than any memorized melody.
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The poem is the ending from the poem Yölaulu = Nightsong in Eino Leino's poetry book Laulun lahja = The talent/gift of songs/singing.
