Saarella palaa
Language: Finnish (Suomi)
Saarella palaa. Tuli saarella palavi. Kenpä tuolla tulta poltti? Sulho tuolla tulta poltti. Mitä sulho raatelevi? Korjoansa kirjottavi. Mitä tuolla korjasella? Neittä tuolla korjasella. Mitä neito raatelevi? Kultakangasta kutoo, hopeaista helkyttää.
Authorship:
- from Volkslieder (Folksongs) , from the folk epic Kalevala I, 186.  [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Saarella palaa", op. 18 (Yhdeksän laulua mieskuorolle a cappella) no. 4 (1895) [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Jean Sibelius (1865 - 1957), "Saarella palaa", 1898 [ mixed chorus ] [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 11
Word count: 31