Monday, February 27, 2017

Music on My Mind



Rajaton, "Onni". 'Onni' usually means 'luck' or 'good luck', but I think here it perhaps means something closer to 'happiness'. The primary image is of spring bursting through the melting snow; and the last lines mean something like, "Who fears happiness will leave has already lost it." But that comment would work with 'good fortune' as well.