PETALS FLY FROM CHERRY TREES

Valter Juva(1865-1922)

Petals fly from cherry trees,

and a stream gentle them takes.

With its calm pools it the

torrent of my happiness may be.

In the summer eve, which scents and ripples,

in gold melt the waters;

in the west the day flutters

and in the east the moon shimmers.

So silent it is and serene!

And under the cascades the waters

they in a tight circle stay,

but in there are the basins.

(Terät liitävät kirsikkapuista from Sanna Jaatinen(ed.): Runoja luonnosta, 1989, sivu 41.)