LA GIOCONDA

Pekka Lounela(1932-2002)

Free like the sighing sea

and the quiet wind.

Doesn't meet the colour, stylus lightly enough

smile's anxiety, parting,

doesn't reach the word: the song is lacking.

Smile, silence, wind -

you, your joy, despair,

songs: sea-gray futility under worries.

(La Gioconda)

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