THE FIRST STAR

Aaro Hellaakoski(1893-1952)

Yellow-pained

spatterdocks of the water.

Jingle of the zither

of the reeds.

The play of the dragonfly

                                        and of the swaying

                                                 shadfly.

Tactful was the summer.

Without goodbyes it left

at once when kindled the feverish

first star.

(Ensimmäinen tähti, Jääpeili, 1928.) 

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