Heikki Asunta
Appearance
Uuno Taavi Heikki Asunta (25th June 1904 Kurkijärvi, Ruovesi – 28th June 1959 Ruovesi) was a Finnish poet, writer and painter.
- A LITTLE EPISODE:
- After days of demon drink
- pessimist began to think,
- “Holy shit, I swear I’ll never
- drink again – I won’t, not ever.”
- Rope in fist, he with a cry
- crawled into a hole to die.
- But the others, having seen
- they were fewer than they’d been,
- were transfixed with desolation
- and they searched the whole location.
- Brother found him, rigid spread –
- there he was, and downright dead.
- But some alcohol he gave him,
- did the trick, for it revived him.
- With a flourish of his flask,
- said he, “Brothers, back to task.”
(Translation by Rupert Moreton)
- Monta päivää juotuaan,
- pessimisisti tuskissaan,
- tuumi: “Jo on, jukoliste,
- saavutettu päätepiste.”
- Nuoranpätkä kourassaan
- hiipi nurkkaan kuolemaan.
- Mutta toiset nähtyään,
- yhden poissa pöydästään,
- sydämessään syvä hätä,
- alkoi etsiä tätä.
- Löytyi veikko nuorastaan,
- vainajana suorastaan.
- Mutta saatuansa spriitä,
- virkistyi hän siitä.
- Kohottaen lasiaan,
- virkkoi: “Veljet – asiaan.”
(Lingua Fennica)