CHANGES

Jyri Schreck(1927-1982)

Grass is on the level of the knee,

soon will reach the chin,

                                        then a shadow

moves from an another meadow to here,

the day passes,

I grow in height,

the summers become shorter.

Muutoksia has been translated from Uuden runon kauneimmat 1(1970, 1. printing 1968), page 258, edited by Hannu Mäkelä(1943-).This anthology itself was selected from an earlier one, edited by Osmo Hormia(1926-83), Uuden runon kauneimmat : valikoima modernia suomalaista lyriikkaa vuosilta 1946-1956(1958).