A LETTER TO MOTHER

Arvo Turtiainen(1904-1980)

I write to you, mother,

when have I last

written to you?

I am well, mother.

It has snowed

and your son is well.

Don't be alarmed,

I'll come back soon,

when the birches bloom I come back.

Kirje äidille(1939) has been translated from page 431 in the anthology Tämän runon haluaisin kuulla 2(1989),  edited by Satu Marttila(Satu Koskimies, 1941-), Juha Virkkunen(1941-2008) and Mirjam Polkunen(1926-2012).

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