AT THE GRAVES

Kössi Kaatra(1882-1928)

Under the burial mounds

sleep

the deceased.

Above the grave soil

bloom

the rowan trees.

Here ends the road

of the great,

the small.

To be under the soil is the fate of

the joys,

the sorrows.

Above the grave soil

bloom

the rowan trees.

Under the burial mounds

sleep

the deceased.

(Haudoilla; Hannu Sarrala(toim.): Jo valkenee kaukainen ranta: Suomalaisia runoja[1989], sivu 51.)

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