{"id":2870,"date":"2024-11-09T11:19:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T09:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/?page_id=2870"},"modified":"2024-11-22T21:47:19","modified_gmt":"2024-11-22T19:47:19","slug":"oi-lempi-eng","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/en\/oi-lempi-eng\/","title":{"rendered":"Oi Lempi! ENG"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><br>O Lempi!<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Lempikuoro\u2019s 5th Anni\u00adver\u00adsary Concert<br><br>Sat November 23, 2024 at 3 pm<br>Meilahti Church<br><br>Julia Lainema, conductor<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-expand stk-block-expand stk-block stk-b532d76\" data-block-id=\"b532d76\"><div class=\"stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-9da7405 stk-block-expand__short-text\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-block-id=\"9da7405\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>A word from Lauri Marja\u00adm\u00e4ki, co-founder<\/strong><br>Several in Lempi have a long background in choir singing. Many of us have sung, in particular, in the H\u00e4m\u00e4l\u00e4is-Osakunta\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-button stk-block-button stk-block-expand__show-button stk-block stk-aae0183\" data-block-id=\"aae0183\"><style>.stk-aae0183 .stk-button{background:#c92a55 !important}<\/style><a aria-hidden=\"false\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"stk-link stk-button stk--hover-effect-darken\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"stk-button__inner-text\">Show more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-46ec69c stk-block-background stk-block-expand__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-block-id=\"46ec69c\"><style>.stk-46ec69c{background-color:#fbe8ee !important}.stk-46ec69c:before{background-color:#fbe8ee !important}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>A word from Lauri Marja\u00adm\u00e4ki, co-founder<\/strong><br>Several in Lempi have a long background in choir singing. Many of us have sung, in particular, in the H\u00e4m\u00e4\u00adl\u00e4is-Osakunta Laulajat (HOL, \u201cFinland\u2019s oldest academic mixed choir\u201d) and have gained a healthy dose of musical educa\u00adtion and choral singing skills from there. Shared memo\u00adries, for example at Europa Cantat 2015 in P\u00e9cs, Hungary, welded the old hol-chorists so closely together that, as our student years drew to a close and we left HOL, we could not keep our distance. We imme\u00addia\u00adtely founded a new choir, which took its first steps in the autumn of 2019.&nbsp; At first, our small group of twenty people was led by Milka Paju\u00adkallio and (yours truly) Lauri Marja\u00adm\u00e4ki.<br><br>When we were looking for a direc\u00adtion for our new choir, we had several options: a singing ensemble of friends who had known each other for a long time, a small choir that would rehearse and perform perio\u00addically, or a growing chamber choir that would regu\u00adlarly rehearse, hire an artistic director and also welcome new singers. Five years on, it is clear that we made the right deci\u00adsion. The past four years or so under Julia Lainema\u2019s direc\u00adtion have made Lempi\u00adkuoro a full-blooded chamber choir, not only in size but also in sound. The choir\u2019s good pros\u00adpects for the future were already appa\u00adrent in the intense acti\u00advity of the early days, despite the pandemic: at that time, we prac\u00adtised persis\u00adtently outdoors or, with the help of the infa\u00admous Jamulus app, from home. We were lucky, too, as we were able to record our first (remote) concert in November 2020, just before the worst of the pandemic wave.&nbsp;<br><br>However, after several amazing concerts, a successful Tampere S\u00e4vel choral review and many years active, it is not time to rest on our laurels, but to look to the future. May the next five years be at least as good as the past for Lempi\u00adkuoro! We hope that this anni\u00adver\u00adsary concert will convey all the joy and happi\u00adness that choral singing has brought us over the years.<br><br>L<strong>auri Marja\u00adm\u00e4ki<\/strong><br>Co-founder and co-director<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-button stk-block-button stk-block-expand__hide-button stk-block stk-6073e06\" data-block-id=\"6073e06\"><style>.stk-6073e06 .stk-button{background:#c92a55 !important}<\/style><a aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"stk-link stk-button stk--hover-effect-darken\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"stk-button__inner-text\">Show less<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-expand stk-block-expand stk-block stk-9bef02f\" data-block-id=\"9bef02f\"><div class=\"stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-9d71f09 stk-block-expand__short-text\" aria-hidden=\"false\" data-block-id=\"9d71f09\"><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>A word from Julia Lainema, artistic director<\/strong><br>I have been involved with the 5\u2011year-old Lempi\u00adkuoro almost since the begin\u00adning. Star\u00adting to&nbsp;work\u2026<\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-button stk-block-button stk-block-expand__show-button stk-block stk-6d1518a\" data-block-id=\"6d1518a\"><style>.stk-6d1518a .stk-button{background:#c92a55 !important}<\/style><a aria-hidden=\"false\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" class=\"stk-link stk-button stk--hover-effect-darken\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"stk-button__inner-text\">Show more<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-text stk-block-text stk-block stk-0a0a31d stk-block-background stk-block-expand__more-text\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-block-id=\"0a0a31d\"><style>.stk-0a0a31d{background-color:#fbe8ee !important}.stk-0a0a31d:before{background-color:#fbe8ee !important}<\/style><p class=\"stk-block-text__text\"><strong>A word from Julia Lainema, artistic director<\/strong><br>I have been involved with the 5\u2011year-old Lempi\u00adkuoro almost since the begin\u00adning. Star\u00adting to work with a new choir is always exci\u00adting and some\u00adtimes difficult, but recrui\u00adting in the middle of a pandemic situa\u00adtion made the begin\u00adning even more chal\u00adlen\u00adging than usual. Despite the circums\u00adtances, the choir imme\u00addia\u00adtely offered a warm and welco\u00adming sense of commu\u00adnity that is so charac\u00adte\u00adristic of Lempi.<br><br>For me, Lempi\u2019s acti\u00advity strongly reflects an effort to ensure that the choir truly reflects its singers: their wishes and visions. So, as we consi\u00addered the reper\u00adtoire for the anni\u00adver\u00adsary concert, it was clear that we wanted the reper\u00adtoire choices to showcase the choir and the skills of the choris\u00adters in as diverse a way as possible \u2013 to bring out the diffe\u00adrent voices.<br><br>In the first half of the concert, the sun sets and the twilight of night wraps around us. Morning overcomes the night in the second half of the concert, but leads us back to the setting of the sun at the end. The works are also linked by a mari\u00adtime setting \u2013 both in terms of the natio\u00adna\u00adlity of the compo\u00adsers and the texts of the works.<br><br>Each piece features the singers\u2019 own voice or vision in a particular way. The first two pieces, <em>Aurinko laskee<\/em> (\u201cSun is setting\u201d) and <em>Myrsky<\/em> (\u201cStorm\u201d), were composed for this concert by Antti Suoma\u00adlainen and Lassi Vihko, who sing in the choir. After the premieres, Anders Hillborg\u2019s<em> En midsom\u00admar\u00adnattsdr\u00f6m <\/em>(\u201cA Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream\u201d) will combine a flock of birds taking flight to tradi\u00adtional song. The power of the voice and the inten\u00adsity of the song are at the heart of Vytautas Mi\u0161kinis\u2019 <em>Dum medium silen\u00adtium<\/em> and Evelin Seppar\u2019s<em> Seesama meri.<\/em><br><br><em>When the violin<\/em>, which closes the first half of the concert, presents a new side of the Lempi\u00adkuoro. Our soprano Anu Luukela plays the cello and a quartet of the choir performs solo parts in a capti\u00adva\u00adtingly beau\u00adtiful work based on the Indian Charu\u00adkeshi raga by Reena Esmail.<br><br><em>nine dawn waterco\u00adlours<\/em> by Jaakko M\u00e4nty\u00adj\u00e4rvi opens the second half. Here the audience gets to hear each singer indi\u00advi\u00addually. Nine vocal ensembles, or \u2019waterco\u00adlours\u2019, carry the story from dusk to dawn as the soundscape trans\u00adports the listener to the atmosp\u00adhere of the seaside.<br><br>In the final piece, we are joined on stage by trumpet artist Devina Boughton, who has also sung in Lempi\u00adkuoro. The voices of choir and trumpet intertwine in a magical way in Jose\u00adfine Lind\u00adstrand \u2019s four-part work <em>S\u00e5nger fr\u00e5n berget<\/em>.<br><br>Based on the seventh move\u00adment of Sibelius\u2019s <em>Promo\u00adtional Cantata:<\/em> \u201cO Lempi, your power is infi\u00adnite!\u201d May our unique voices continue to resound in the choir in the future.<br><br><em>Julia Lainema<br>Artistic director of Lempikuoro<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-button stk-block-button stk-block-expand__hide-button stk-block stk-615d8fa\" data-block-id=\"615d8fa\"><style>.stk-615d8fa .stk-button{background:#c92a55 !important}<\/style><a aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"button\" aria-expanded=\"true\" class=\"stk-link stk-button stk--hover-effect-darken\" href=\"#\"><span class=\"stk-button__inner-text\">Show less<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>PROGRAMME<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>AURINKO LASKEE <br><\/strong><em>(The Sun Sets, 2024)<\/em><br>Antti Suoma\u00adlainen<br><em>premiere<\/em><br><br><br><strong>MYRSKY<\/strong><br><em>(The Storm, 2024)<\/em><br>Lassi Vihko<br><em>premiere<\/em><br><br><br><strong>EN MIDSOM\u00adMAR\u00adNATTSDR\u00d6M<\/strong><br>(A Midsummer Night\u2019s Dream, 2001)<br>Anders Hill\u00adborg<br><br><br><strong>DUM MEDIUM SILEN\u00adTIUM<\/strong> (2011)<br>Vytautas Mi\u0161kinis<br><br><br><strong>SEESAMA MERI<\/strong><br><em>(The Same Sea, 2019)<\/em><br>Evelin Seppar<br><br>solos: Piia Pent\u00adtil\u00e4, Saara Yli-Savola, Annu-Maria F\u00e4rlin, Stefano De Luca<br><br><br><strong>WHEN THE VIOLIN <\/strong>(2018)<br>Reena Esmail<br><br>cello: Anu Luukela<br>solos: Inka Laisi, Nina Steinby, Ville Hanni\u00adkainen, Leo&nbsp;Niemi<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>Inter\u00admis\u00adsion<\/em><\/strong> <br><em>Tea and choco\u00adlate in the&nbsp;lobby!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>NINE DAWN WATERCO\u00adLOURS <\/strong>(2010)<br>Jaakko M\u00e4nty\u00adj\u00e4rvi<br><br><br><strong>S\u00c5NGER FR\u00c5N BERGET<\/strong><br>(Songs from the Moun\u00adtain, 2018)<br>Jose\u00adfine Lind\u00adstrand<br><br>I. Tidig gryning \u2013&nbsp;Early Damn<br>II. Irrande moln \u2013&nbsp;Wande\u00adring Clouds<br>III. Stormen \u2013&nbsp;The Storm<br>IV. S\u00e5ngen p\u00e5 berget \u2013&nbsp;The Song from the Moun\u00adtain<br> <br>solo: Salla Laisi<br>trumpet: Devina Boughton<br><br><br><em>Scroll down for lyrics<\/em><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>Lempikuoro<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/crop-95-63-2370-1581-0-DSC04160-scaled-1000x667.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-2433\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/crop-95-63-2370-1581-0-DSC04160-scaled-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/crop-95-63-2370-1581-0-DSC04160-scaled-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/crop-95-63-2370-1581-0-DSC04160-scaled-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/crop-95-63-2370-1581-0-DSC04160-scaled-1536x1025.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/crop-95-63-2370-1581-0-DSC04160-scaled-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/crop-95-63-2370-1581-0-DSC04160-scaled-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/crop-95-63-2370-1581-0-DSC04160-scaled-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/crop-95-63-2370-1581-0-DSC04160-scaled-1200x801.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo: Pyry Kantonen<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lempi\u00adkuoro is a Helsinki-based mixed choir founded by expe\u00adrienced singers in autumn 2019, with Julia Lainema as their artistic director. At the heart of the ambi\u00adtious choir is the joy of making music, a curious explo\u00adra\u00adtion of new ways of perfor\u00adming and a warm sense of commu\u00adnity. Lempi\u00adkuoro wants to promote equa\u00adlity in the choral world. The choir strives to create a culture and atmosp\u00adhere both within its own commu\u00adnity and at choir events that is comfor\u00adtable and safe to be in. The choir\u2019s acti\u00advi\u00adties are based on gentler space principles. The choir\u2019s reper\u00adtoire ranges from the Renais\u00adsance to the present day, and it has colla\u00adbo\u00adrated with a wide range of choirs, artists and compo\u00adsers in an open-minded way.<br><br>The choir\u2019s reper\u00adtoire ranges from the Renais\u00adsance to contem\u00adpo\u00adrary music, and the choir has colla\u00adbo\u00adrated open-mindedly with various choirs, artists and compo\u00adsers. In June 2023, Lempi\u00adkuoro was awarded two gold stamps at the esteemed Tampe\u00adreen S\u00e4vel festival. In September of the same year, the choir gave the Finnish premiere of Pulitzer and Grammy Award winner Caro\u00adline Shaw\u2019s work \u201cTo the Hands\u201d at the House of Lords with the string ensemble Nome. In 2022, Lempi\u00adkuoro performed in the famous opera Sun &amp; Sea, which won the Golden Lion at the Venice Bien\u00adnale and was orga\u00adnised as part of Kiasma\u2019s ARS22 exhi\u00adbi\u00adtion and the Helsinki Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>JULIA LAINEMA<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-editorskit-rounded\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JuliaLainema_MajoKurki_2024_netti-655x1000.jpg\" alt class=\"wp-image-2941\" width=\"328\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JuliaLainema_MajoKurki_2024_netti-655x1000.jpg 655w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JuliaLainema_MajoKurki_2024_netti-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JuliaLainema_MajoKurki_2024_netti-768x1172.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JuliaLainema_MajoKurki_2024_netti-1007x1536.jpg 1007w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JuliaLainema_MajoKurki_2024_netti-1342x2048.jpg 1342w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JuliaLainema_MajoKurki_2024_netti-8x12.jpg 8w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JuliaLainema_MajoKurki_2024_netti-1200x1831.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JuliaLainema_MajoKurki_2024_netti-600x915.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.lempikuoro.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JuliaLainema_MajoKurki_2024_netti.jpg 1573w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 328px) 100vw, 328px\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Photo: Majo&nbsp;Kurki<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Julia Lainema, the artistic director of Lempi\u00adkuoro, is one of the most inte\u00adres\u00adting choir direc\u00adtors of her gene\u00adra\u00adtion. Julia has been desc\u00adribed as a charis\u00admatic and inspi\u00adring leader with a visio\u00adnary approach to concert plan\u00adning. She holds a Master\u2019s degree in Choral Conduc\u00adting from the Sibe\u00adlius Academy in 2022 and a Master\u2019s degree in Music Educa\u00adtion in 2016. In addi\u00adtion to the Lempi\u00adkuoro, Julia is the artistic director of the Helsinki-based Ahjo Ensemble and Kaari Ensemble and the Tampere-based Chamber Choir N\u00e4si.<br><br>It is impor\u00adtant to Julia to promote equa\u00adlity in choral music. She has researched forgotten female compo\u00adsers and her state\u00adments on gendered prac\u00adtices in choral music have been noted in the media. Julia writes the blog \u201dWomen compo\u00adsing choral music\u201d. In addi\u00adtion to her work as a choir director, she arranges and composes choral music.<br><br>Julia\u2019s other projects and thoughts on choral conduc\u00adting can be found on her website: <a aria-label=\"julialainema.com (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"http:\/\/julialainema.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" class=\"ek-link\">julialainema.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><strong>LYRICS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\"><em>We recommend turning your mobile device horizontally<\/em><br><br><em>All translations by Elissa Shaw &amp; AI unless otherwise noted<\/em><\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Antti Suoma\u00adlainen: Aurinko laskee <br><\/strong>(poem by Katri&nbsp;Vala)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignwide stk-block-columns stk-block stk-b9b2aac\" data-block-id=\"b9b2aac\"><style>.stk-b9b2aac .stk--block-align-b9b2aac{align-items:flex-start !important}.stk-b9b2aac{margin-top:-20px !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk--block-align-b9b2aac stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-b9b2aac-column alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-e5e2258\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"e5e2258\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.stk-e5e2258{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-e5e2258{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-e5e2258-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-e5e2258-inner-blocks\">\n<p>Huohot\u00adta\u00advana, s\u00e4tei\u00adle\u00adv\u00e4n\u00e4,<br>punai\u00adsena ja kylm\u00e4n\u00e4<br>katsot sin\u00e4, aurinko, maata,<br>jonka yli valko\u00adheh\u00adkui\u00adsena kiisit<br>korkealle kohoten.<br>Suuren meren taakse sin\u00e4 lasket,<br>jonka rannalla min\u00e4 seison<br>pienen\u00e4 ja yksi\u00adn\u00e4i\u00adsen\u00e4.<br>Oi sin\u00e4 kuuma ja ihana,<br>oi sin\u00e4 punainen ja kylm\u00e4,<br>minun syd\u00e4\u00admeni paleltuu murheesta,<br>kun sin\u00e4 minut noin j\u00e4t\u00e4t!<br>Katso, kuinka min\u00e4 v\u00e4risen,<br>katso, kuinka k\u00e4teni sinua kurkoit\u00adtavat,<br>kun sin\u00e4 viet pois s\u00e4teesi ruumiil\u00adtani,<br>kun sin\u00e4 lakkaat sieluuni pais\u00adta\u00admasta!<br>Oi sin\u00e4 juma\u00adlal\u00adlinen!<br>Tartu n\u00e4ihin kalpei\u00adsiin k\u00e4siin,<br>ved\u00e4 minut viinin\u00adpu\u00adnaisen meren yli<br>polt\u00adta\u00advaan syd\u00e4\u00admeesi,<br>jotta seuraisin sinua sinne, minne menet \u2013<br>suuren meren taakse!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-a5bc181\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"a5bc181\"><style>.stk-a5bc181{align-self:flex-start !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.stk-a5bc181{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-a5bc181{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-a5bc181-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-a5bc181-inner-blocks\">\n<p>Exha\u00adling, radiant,<br>red and cold<br>you, sun, look at the earth,<br>over which you glide, white-hot<br>towe\u00adring high.<br>Beyond the great sea you descend,<br>On whose shore I stand<br>small and lonely.<br>O you hot and lovely one,<br>O you red and cold,<br>my heart is cold with sorrow,<br>when you leave me like this!<br>See how I tremble,<br>See how my hands reach out to you,<br>When thou takest thy rays from my body,<br>when thou wilt cease to bake my soul!<br>O you divine!<br>Take hold of these pale hands,<br>pull me across the wine-red sea<br>Into thy burning heart,<br>that I may follow thee wherever you may go<br>beyond the great&nbsp;sea!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Lassi Vihko: Myrsky <br><\/strong>(poem by Eino&nbsp;Leino)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignwide stk-block-columns stk-block stk-8460fc9\" data-block-id=\"8460fc9\"><style>.stk-8460fc9{margin-top:-20px !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-8460fc9-column alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-b14b4ca\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"b14b4ca\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.stk-b14b4ca{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-b14b4ca{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-b14b4ca-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-b14b4ca-inner-blocks\">\n<p>Ihmis\u00adsie\u00adluss\u2019 oli myrsky. <br>Tunteet kuohui, <br>vaahtos vaiston lakka\u00adlai\u00adneet,<br>tuhat mieli\u00adkuvaa tunki, toinen<br>toista ajoi, alku\u00advietit villit<br>myrs\u00adky\u00adsiv\u00e4t my\u00f6t\u00e4 juuriansa.<br>Vihdoin koitti aatteen armas p\u00e4iv\u00e4.<br><br>Ihmis\u00adsie\u00adluss\u2019 oli myrsky. <br>Aatteet tois\u00adtaan ajoi, <br>voimak\u00adkaampi voitti,<br>k\u00e4vi sotaa k\u00e4sit\u00adteiden parvet,<br>kiisti velvoi\u00adtukset keske\u00adn\u00e4ns\u00e4,<br>tais\u00adte\u00adlivat tieto ynn\u00e4 tahto.<br>Vihdoin teko mielen rauhan antoi.<br><br>Vaan kun myrsky raivoo maail\u00admassa, silloin k\u00e4yv\u00e4t ty\u00f6t ja teot sotaa,<br>mieli nousee vasten mielt\u00e4, <br>miesi vasten miest\u00e4, <br>kansa vasten kansaa,<br>taivas salamoi, <br>maan pimeys peitt\u00e4\u00e4.<br>Mist\u00e4 silloin meille p\u00e4iv\u00e4n pilke?<br><br>Siit\u00e4 silloin p\u00e4iv\u00e4n pilke,<br>koska teot sotaa k\u00e4yv\u00e4t,<br>ett\u00e4 aate ohjaa miest\u00e4,<br>ett\u00e4 kalskuu kirk\u00adkaat kalvat;<br>siit\u00e4 silloin p\u00e4iv\u00e4n pilke,<br>koska kalskuu kirk\u00adkaat kalvat,<br>ett\u00e4 alla aatte\u00adhien puhdas, tuores tunto asuu.<br><br>Mutta mist\u00e4 p\u00e4iv\u00e4n pilke,<br>koska kansat sotaa k\u00e4yv\u00e4t?<br><br>Siit\u00e4 silloin p\u00e4iv\u00e4n pilke,<br>koska kansat sotaa k\u00e4yv\u00e4t,<br>ett\u00e4 voittaa voimak\u00adkaampi,<br>ett\u2019 on oikeus voimak\u00adkaalla, ett\u00e4 on se voimak\u00adkaampi,<br>joll\u2019 on aatteet voimak\u00adkaammat,<br>jonka mieliss\u2019 aatteen miesten<br>tuore\u00adhemmat tunteet asuu.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-3ccfbe1\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"3ccfbe1\"><style>.stk-3ccfbe1{align-self:flex-start !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.stk-3ccfbe1{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-3ccfbe1{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-3ccfbe1-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-3ccfbe1-inner-blocks\">\n<p>There was a storm in the human soul. Feelings roared, foams of instinct made waves, <br>a thousand images, one by one <br>drove the other,  the first wild urges were uprooted. <br>At last came the sweet day of the cause.<br><br>There was a storm in the human soul. Causes drove one another, the stronger won, <br>the war was fought by swarms of concepts, dispu\u00adting obli\u00adga\u00adtions among them\u00adselves, fought know\u00adledge and will. <br>At last the deed gave peace to the mind.<br><br>But when the storm rages in the world, then works and deeds are at war,<br>the mind against the mind, <br>man against man, <br>nation against nation, <br>the sky is light\u00adning, <br>the earth covered in dark\u00adness. <br>Where then shall we find the glimmer of the day?<br><br>There\u2019s the glimmer of the day,<br>since deeds are at war,<br>that the cause guides the man, that the bright sprites of a mind; thus the glimmer of the day, since the bright sprites of a mind, that under\u00adneath the cause, the pure and fresh sense dwells.<br><br>But where\u00adfore the glimmer of the day,  when nations wage war?<br><br>There\u2019s the glimmer of the day, <br>because nations wage war,<br>that the stronger may win,<br>that the stronger may have the right to be the stronger,<br>who has the stronger ideas,<br>who has grip of thoughts,<br>the fresher feelings dwell.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Vytautas Mi\u0161kinis: Dum medium silen\u00adtium <\/strong><br>(Wisdom 18:14.15, Biblical)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignwide stk-block-columns stk-block stk-4878e9a\" data-block-id=\"4878e9a\"><style>.stk-4878e9a{margin-top:-20px !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-4878e9a-column alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-24632d3\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"24632d3\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.stk-24632d3{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-24632d3{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-24632d3-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-24632d3-inner-blocks\">\n<p>Dum medium silen\u00adtium tene\u00adrent omnia,<br>et nox in suo cursu medium iter haberet,<br>omni\u00adpo\u00adtens sermo tuus, Domine<br>de coelis a rega\u00adlibus sedibus venit.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-06f2cc0\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"06f2cc0\"><style>.stk-06f2cc0{align-self:flex-start !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.stk-06f2cc0{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-06f2cc0{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-06f2cc0-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-06f2cc0-inner-blocks\">\n<p>As all things were contained within silence,<br>and the course of the night had reached its middle,<br>your word, O Lord,<br>descended from heaven, from its royal throne.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Evelin Seppar: Seesama meri <\/strong><br>(poem by Jaan Kaplinski)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignwide stk-block-columns stk-block stk-166a5b2\" data-block-id=\"166a5b2\"><style>.stk-166a5b2{margin-top:-20px !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-166a5b2-column alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-6db26fe\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"6db26fe\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.stk-6db26fe{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-6db26fe{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-6db26fe-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-6db26fe-inner-blocks\">\n<p>Seesama meri meis k\u00f5igis punane pime soe<br>K\u00f5igi kaarte tuulte tuksu\u00admine s\u00fcda\u00adme\u00adpur\u00adjedes<br>vahu\u00adjoom l\u00e4bi avaruse m\u00f5lalt pudenev k\u00fcsimus<br>Veeremas laine\u00adpin\u00adnale tagasi hirm pime\u00adduse taga<br>Kas seesama meri ootamas merd<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-a4b62b3\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"a4b62b3\"><style>.stk-a4b62b3{align-self:flex-start !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.stk-a4b62b3{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-a4b62b3{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-a4b62b3-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-a4b62b3-inner-blocks\">\n<p>The same sea in all of us red dark warm<br>Winds from every direc\u00adtion pulsing in the heart\u2019s sails foaming through white space a ques\u00adtion drip\u00adping from a paddle<br>Rolling back to the surface of the wave<br>Fear behind the dark\u00adness<br>Is it the same sea waiting for the&nbsp;sea<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Anders Hill\u00adborg: En midsom\u00admar\u00adnattsdr\u00f6m <\/strong><br>(lyrics from \u201cVisa i Midsom\u00admartid\u201d by H\u00e5kan Norl\u00e9n and Rune Lindstr\u00f6m)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignwide stk-block-columns stk-block stk-029e534\" data-block-id=\"029e534\"><style>.stk-029e534{margin-top:-20px !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-029e534-column alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-33be583\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"33be583\"><style>@media screen and (min-width:768px){.stk-33be583{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-33be583{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-33be583-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-33be583-inner-blocks\">\n<p>Du lindar av olvon en midsom\u00admar\u00adkrans,<br>och h\u00e4nger den om ditt h\u00e5r.<br>Du skrattar \u00e5t m\u00e5ngub\u00adbens benvita glans,<br>som h\u00f6gt \u00f6ver tallen st\u00e5r.<br><br>I natt skall du dansa vid Svart\u00adrama tj\u00e4rn,<br>i l\u00e5ng\u00addans i spr\u00e5ng\u00addans p\u00e5 gl\u00f6dande j\u00e4rn.<br>I natt \u00e4r du bjuden av dimman till dans,<br>d\u00e4r Ull-Stina och Kull-Lisa g\u00e5r.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-9a8c014\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"9a8c014\"><style>.stk-9a8c014{align-self:flex-start !important}@media screen and (min-width:768px){.stk-9a8c014{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-9a8c014{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-9a8c014-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-9a8c014-inner-blocks\">\n<p>You wrap a midsummer wreath of olivine,<br>and hang it about your head.<br>You laugh at the bone-white splen\u00addour of the moon man, who stands high above the pine.<br><br>Tonight you\u2019ll dance by the pond of Svart\u00adrama,<br>in long dance, in leap dance on glowing iron.<br>Tonight you are invited by the fog to dance,<br>where Ull-Stina and Kull-Lisa walk.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Reena Esmail: When the violin <\/strong><br>(poem by Hafiz, English trans\u00adla\u00adtion by Daniel Ladinsky)<br><br>When the violin can forgive the past<br>it starts singing<br><br>When the violin can stop worrying about the future<br>you will become such a drunk laug\u00adhing nuisance<br>that God will then lean down<br>and start combing you into Her hair<br><br>When the violin can forgive every wound caused by others<br>the heart starts singing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Jaakko M\u00e4nty\u00adj\u00e4rvi: nine dawn waterco\u00adlours<\/strong> <br>(poem by Peter McGarr)<br><br>1<br>late moon<br>clou\u00adding hills<br>in a distance of indigo<br><br>2<br>rest\u00adless sea<br>unknown faces<br>from a sepia photo\u00adgraph<br><br>3<br>sunrise of songs<br>the birds imagined<br><br>4<br>new islands rise<br>dawn shadows fade<br><br>5<br>a point of land<br>catc\u00adhing clouds<br>in echoes<br><br>6<br>just can\u2019t sleep<br>hearing that old<br>fami\u00adliar love song<br><br>7<br>morning waves<br>ligh\u00adting your slee\u00adping face<br><br>8<br>all the dreams remain<br>to haunt the day<br><br>9<br>now the fragrant night vanishes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Jose\u00adfine Lind\u00adstrand: S\u00e5nger fr\u00e5n berget<\/strong><br>(poems by Edith S\u00f6dergran)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignwide stk-block-columns stk-block stk-b853809\" data-block-id=\"b853809\"><style>.stk-b853809{margin-top:-20px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-b853809-column alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-aabde14\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"aabde14\"><style>@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-aabde14{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-aabde14-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-aabde14-inner-blocks\">\n<p><strong>1. Tidig gryning<\/strong><br>N\u00e5gra sista stj\u00e4rnor lysa matt.<br>Jag ser dem ur mitt f\u00f6nster. Himlen \u00e4r blek,<br>man anar knap\u00adpast dagen som b\u00f6rjar i fj\u00e4rran.<br>Det vilar en tystnad utbredd \u00f6ver sj\u00f6n,<br>det ligger en visk\u00adning p\u00e5 lur mellan tr\u00e4den,<br>min gamla tr\u00e4dg\u00e5rd lyssnar halvf\u00f6r\u00adstr\u00f6tt<br>till nattens andetag, som susa \u00f6ver&nbsp;v\u00e4gen.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-79a5fb6\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"79a5fb6\"><style>.stk-79a5fb6{align-self:flex-start !important}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-79a5fb6{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-79a5fb6-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-79a5fb6-inner-blocks\">\n<p><strong>1. Early Dawn<\/strong><br>A few last stars shine dimly.<br>I see them from my window. The sky is pale,<br>one hardly recog\u00adnises the day that begins in the distance.<br>There is a silence spread over the lake,<br>a whisper lurks among the trees,<br>my old garden listens half-weary<br>To the night\u2019s breath, whis\u00adpe\u00adring over the&nbsp;road.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignwide stk-block-columns stk-block stk-37ce86a\" data-block-id=\"37ce86a\"><style>.stk-37ce86a{margin-top:-10px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-37ce86a-column alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-e3496bc\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"e3496bc\"><style>@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-e3496bc{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-e3496bc-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-e3496bc-inner-blocks\">\n<p><strong>2. Irrande moln<\/strong><br>Irrande moln har fastnat vid bergets brant,<br>\u00e4ndl\u00f6sa timmar st\u00e5 de i tystnad och v\u00e4nta:<br>vill dem en jagande vind \u00f6ver sl\u00e4tten str\u00f6,<br>skola de stiga med solen h\u00f6gt \u00f6ver topparnas sn\u00f6.<br><br>Irrande moln ha st\u00e4llt sig i solens v\u00e4g,<br>varda\u00adgens sorge\u00adfanor h\u00e4nga s\u00e5 tunga,<br>nere i dalen g\u00e5r livet med sl\u00e4pande steg,<br>en flygels toner ur \u00f6ppnade f\u00f6nster sjunga.<br><br>Lapp p\u00e5 lapp \u00e4r dalens brokiga matta,<br>fast som socker \u00e4r h\u00f6jdernas eviga sn\u00f6\u2026<br>Vintern stiger sakta ned i dalen.<br>J\u00e4ttarna le.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-ff0ca1b\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"ff0ca1b\"><style>.stk-ff0ca1b{align-self:flex-start !important}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-ff0ca1b{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-ff0ca1b-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-ff0ca1b-inner-blocks\">\n<p><strong>2. Wande\u00adring Clouds<\/strong><br>Wande\u00adring clouds have stuck to the moun\u00adtain\u00adside,<br>endless hours they stand in silence and wait:<br>If a chasing wind will blow them over the plain,<br>they shall rise with the sun high above the snow of the peaks.<br><br>Wande\u00adring clouds have stood in the sun\u2019s path,<br>The banners of daily sorrow hang so heavy,<br>Down in the valley, life goes with drag\u00adging steps,<br>The notes of a bird sing from open windows.<br><br>Patch upon patch is the valley\u2019s varied carpet,<br>firm as sugar is the eternal snow of the heights\u2026<br>Winter descends slowly into the valley.<br>The giants smile.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignwide stk-block-columns stk-block stk-d5076bf\" data-block-id=\"d5076bf\"><style>.stk-d5076bf{margin-top:20px !important;margin-bottom:0px !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-d5076bf-column alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-0ec7882\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"0ec7882\"><style>@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-0ec7882{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-0ec7882-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-0ec7882-inner-blocks\">\n<p><strong>3. Stormen<\/strong><br>Nu h\u00f6ljer sig jorden \u00e5ter i svart. Det \u00e4r stormen som stiger ur natt\u00adliga klyftor och dansar<br>allena sin sp\u00f6klika dans \u00f6ver jorden.<br>Nu k\u00e4mpa m\u00e4nniskor \u00e5ter \u2013 fantom mot fantom.<br><br>Vad vilja de, vad veta de? De \u00e4ro drivna<br>som boskap ur m\u00f6rka vr\u00e5r,<br>de slita sig ej l\u00f6s fr\u00e5n h\u00e4ndel\u00adsernas koppelked:<br>de stora id\u00e9erna driva sitt byte framf\u00f6r sig.<br>Id\u00e9erna str\u00e4cka f\u00f6rg\u00e4ves besv\u00e4r\u00adjande armar i stormen, han, den dansande, vet att han ensam \u00e4r herre p\u00e5 jorden.<br><br>V\u00e4rlden r\u00e5r ej om sig sj\u00e4lv. Det ena skall<br>st\u00f6rta som ett brin\u00adnande hus, som ett murket tr\u00e4d,<br>det andra st\u00e5r kvar f\u00f6rs\u00adkonat av ok\u00e4nda h\u00e4nder.<br><br>Och solen ser p\u00e5 allt detta, och stj\u00e4r\u00adnorna lysa i iskalla n\u00e4tter och m\u00e4nniskan smyger sig ensam sin v\u00e4g mot den gr\u00e4ns\u00adl\u00f6sa lyckan.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-292989d\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"292989d\"><style>.stk-292989d{align-self:flex-start !important}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-292989d{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-292989d-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-292989d-inner-blocks\">\n<p><strong>3. The Storm<\/strong><br>The earth is once again shrouded in black. It is the storm rising from the nightly chasms and dancing<br>its ghostly dance over the earth. Now people are figh\u00adting again \u2013 phantom against phantom.<br><br>What do they want, what do they know? They are driven like cattle from dark corners,<br>they cannot break free from the chain of events:<br>The great ideas drive their prey before them.<br>Ideas stretch out their arms in vain in the storm,<br>he, the dancer, knows that he alone is master of the earth.<br><br>The world cannot take care of itself. The one shall<br>shall fall like a burning house, like a rotten tree,<br>The other shall be spared by hands unknown.<br><br>And the sun looks on all this, and the stars shine in icy nights and man alone creeps his way to bound\u00adless happiness.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-columns alignwide stk-block-columns stk-block stk-b1b1cd4\" data-block-id=\"b1b1cd4\"><style>.stk-b1b1cd4{margin-top:20px !important}<\/style><div class=\"stk-row stk-inner-blocks stk-block-content stk-content-align stk-b1b1cd4-column alignwide\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-57b2608\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"57b2608\"><style>@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-57b2608{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-57b2608-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-57b2608-inner-blocks\">\n<p><strong>4. S\u00e5ngen p\u00e5 berget<\/strong><br>Solen gick ned \u00f6ver havets skum och stranden sov<br>Och uppe p\u00e5 bergen stod n\u00e5gon och sj\u00f6ng\u2026<br>N\u00e4r orden f\u00f6llo i vattnet voro de d\u00f6da\u2026<br><br>Och s\u00e5ngen f\u00f6rs\u00advann bakom tallarna och skym\u00adningen f\u00f6rde den med sig.<br>N\u00e4r allt var tyst, t\u00e4nkte jag blott<br>Att d\u00e4r l\u00e5g hj\u00e4r\u00adte\u00adblod p\u00e5 den kv\u00e4lls\u00adkumma klippan<br><br>Jag anade dunkelt att s\u00e5ngen var<br>Om n\u00e5got som aldrig \u00e5terv\u00e4nder.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-stackable-column stk-block-column stk-column stk-block stk-cce8cb7\" data-v=\"4\" data-block-id=\"cce8cb7\"><style>.stk-cce8cb7{align-self:flex-start !important}@media screen and (max-width:767px){.stk-cce8cb7{flex:var(--stk-flex-grow,1) 1 calc(50% - var(--stk-column-gap,0px) * 1 \/ 2 ) !important}}<\/style><div class=\"stk-column-wrapper stk-block-column__content stk-container stk-cce8cb7-container stk--no-background stk--no-padding\"><div class=\"stk-block-content stk-inner-blocks stk-cce8cb7-inner-blocks\">\n<p><strong>4. 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