1. THE BEE

A fire in the sky
Ablaze the spark beyond the stars
Its gleaming wings will cut their way
Through the silent paths of space

Planets whirl, suns are lit
Mountains fly, stars are dimmed
Its golden sabres tear through time

In the night of the river of death
Fly the silent prince electors

On the banks of tuonela
Bleach the skeletons of kings
Their skulls of sugar sickly sweet
Their bones piled up on the shore

On bed of mottled rocks
Amid flowers cold as ice
Pray the weak, the old, the poor

And when the tiny one from heaven comes
Crawls inside the chosen skull
And when the tiny one it summons the others
To crawl inside the chosen skull

They build their castles in the heads of kings
Bring life to the empty halls
They build their castles in the heads of kings
And honey will flow once more, once more

In the night of the river of death
Fly the silent prince electors

And when the tiny one from heaven comes
Crawls inside the chosen skull
And when the tiny one it summons the others
To crawl inside the chosen skull

They build their castles in the heads of kings
Bring life to the empty halls
They build their castles in the heads of kings
And honey will flow once more, once more


2. HEART OF THE GIANT

The sky had rustled red
The birds grew quiet and fell
The day no longer turned
Night fell on the world
The river ran murky with poison
The land was desolate and black
The bees had left the valley
The orchards were hacked down

The huts and castles were deserted
The dusty roads were crowded
In another direction I ran

Through a deep crack in the
Mountain I slipped
Descended into the otherworld
Through a deep crack in the
Mountain I slipped
Into dark death in manala's stream I dove

I was carried by the rapids
And my blood began to rush
Then the river turned into a vein
The vein into a crimson hall

And on its walls flickered the pictures
Of our world, eternally dancing
The hall pealed and rumble

Through a deep crack in the
Mountain I slipped
Descended into the otherworld
Through a deep crack in the
Mountain I slipped
Into dark death in manala's stream I dove

And on its walls flickered the pictures
Of our world, eternally dancing
The hall pealed and rumble
For deep down in the mountain of time
They painted out our lives
Songs of triumph silenced
Faded and died

Through a deep crack in the
Mountain I slipped
Descended into the otherworld
Through a deep crack in the
Mountain I slipped
Into dark death in manala's stream I dove


3. BAD BLOOD

Break down the weirs in the brooks
Crush the bulwarks of my soul
Let the rapids run white and foaming
The bad blood cut off my ears
The bad blood blinded my eyes
The bad blood choked up my mouth

Draw the poison from my veins
Let out the bad blood in me
Let the stream run golden and true
Let out the bad blood in me

Drive away the bad and the ugly
Divert the dreary dregs
Pierce a stream that rushes anew
I can't see my path
I don't hear your voice
I have forgotten my song

Draw the poison from my veins
Let out the bad blood in me
Let the stream run golden and true
Let out the bad blood in me

Bleed out the dross and the dead
Bleed out the dross and the dead

The bad blood cut off my ears
The bad blood blinded my eyes
The bad blood choked up my mouth

Draw the poison from my veins
Let out the bad blood in me
Let the stream run golden and true
Let out the bad blood in me

Bleed out the dross and the dead
Bleed out the dross and the dead


4. THE FOUR WISE ONES

The nations search for treasure
And beasts rise from their tombs
Kings revel in triumph
All succumb to shadows in their own turn

The fish spawn, the birds nest
The roses bloom and wither away
The winds lash, the leaves decay
All deaden to ice, covered by snow

See beyond the secrets of space
The four bearers of heaven
Gaze in all directions
The four wise ones stand their ground
Call the stars that shine in their skies
Gaze in all directions

The rivers rush, the lakes they gleam
When summer yields to autumn's cold
Moments flee into oblivion
Fading to blue and turn into rime

The first cloaked in clement winds
The second with meadow-scented hair
The third who's cold and grey
The fourth who carries the snow away

Sing, the beginning of our songs
Spin an end to all our stories
Sing the beginning of our songs
And bring an end to all our stories
In tuonela

See beyond the secrets of space
The four bearers of heaven
Gaze in all directions
The four wise ones stand their ground
Call the stars that shine in their skies
Gaze in all directions

Kings revel in triumph
All succumb to shadows in their own turn

Moments flee into oblivion
All succumb to shadows in their own turn


5. INTO HIDING

The islander slips into hiding
And takes to his heels
Out of dark northland
The murky house of sara
He whirled out of doors as snow
Arrives as smoke in the yard
To flee from bad deeds

There he had to become someone else
He must change his shape
As an eagle he swept up
Wanted to soar heavenward
The sun burnt his cheeks
The moon lit his brows
The sun burnt his cheeks
The moon lit his brows

The islander slips into hiding
And takes to his heels
Out of dark northland
The murky house of sara


6. SAMPO

Sparks sent flying, my mind thundering
The room of my heart flashing to the sky
The flaring of fumes fill my senses
Pervade this room and this space

The days they blend into the nights
The moon, the sun unite
Order of stars expires
A wonder is born

I listen and aim, I observe
I use all the forces and let it transpire
I confront the darkness absolute
And blinding, dazzling brilliance

From roaring flames the shapes emerge
Come forth they do with vile charms
Their poisoned core hides in beauty
But I see and perceive their deceit, I see

Into the blaze I shove them back
To lose their forms to the hungry fire
Again and yet again
I start my work anew
Again and again
I start my work again


7. WRONG DIRECTION

The night thickened into black earth
The ground sparked under my feet
I didn't know the stars had tumbled down
And that earth had turned into sky

I should have understood
I should have seen it coming
The signs on the road have changed
The fires on the mountain died

I should have understood
I should have seen it coming
The signs on the road have changed
The fires on the mountain died

I felt ascending but I really sunk
Everything had turned upside down
As I was traveling to the mountain peak
I had dug into the grave of all hope

I should have understood
I should have seen it coming
The signs on the road have changed
The fires on the mountain died

I should have understood
I should have seen it coming
The signs on the road have changed
The fires on the mountain died

Why did I not follow the bear-star
Why did I shun the advice of my brothers
Why did I not study the signs of the heavens
Why did I silenced the words of my sisters

I should have understood
I should have seen it coming
The signs on the road have changed
The fires on the mountain died

I should have understood
I should have seen it coming
The signs on the road have changed
The fires on the mountain died

Why did I shun the advice of brothers
(The fires on the mountain died)
Why did I silenced the words of sisters
(The fires on the mountain died)


8. DAUGHTER OF HATE

She spoke to me, approaching me
On a road so dark and dreary
Her black halo walked by me
Disappearing so far behind
She travelled not alone
An old wife followed on her side
And snakes crawled behind her steps
And crows circled overhead

Time and again they come to me
In the darkness of the night
And the raven-haired girl
Whispers her listless words

"Do not look at me
I am the daughter of hate
You must not see me
Never touch my heart
Never!"
The words of raven-haired girl
"Do not look at me
'Cause I'm the daughter of hate"

Each morn I swear, each day I pledge
Should we yet meet
On the road of dream
That we would look each other in the eye

Time and again they come to me
In the darkness of the night
And the raven-haired girl
Whispers her listless words

"Do not look at me
I am the daughter of hate
You must not see me
Never touch my heart
Never!"
The words of raven-haired girl
"Do not look at me
'Cause I'm the daughter of hate"

First come the ravens, swirling overhead
Your words, the hiss of snake
The old wife is ever silent
Your words, the hiss of snake

Kun taivas taas on pimeä
Ja tuuli tuo askelten äänet
Odotan kuun alla
Vaanin varjojen välissä
Ensin tulivat korpit
Kieppuivat kulkueen yllä
Vanha vaimo on sanaton
Sinun sanasi käärmeen kuiskaus on

(When the sky is dark again
And the wind brings the sounds of footsteps
I wait underneath the moon
I stalk between the shadows
First came the ravens
Spun over the procession
Old wife is speechless
Your words are the whisper of a snake)

"Do not look at me
I am the daughter of hate
You must not see me
Never touch my heart
Never!"
Your words, the hiss of snake

The words of raven-haired girl
Whispered in my ear
The sigh of the raven-haired girl

Never!"
"Do not look at me
'Cause I'm the daughter of hate"


9. AGAINST WIDOWS

The devils weds a widow
Death another's leftovers
Better to lie on a willows
Rest on alder boughs
Then upon a widow's bed
On a used woman's pillow
Sweeter the side of a fence
Then a widow's flank

Softer the side of a grove
Than a widow's beside is

The devil weds a widow
The grave one twice wed
A widow's hand is rougher
Than a dry spruce bough
With which she strikes the playful
Grabs the one who laughs
A widow has had her games
And spent a merry evening


10. MY KANTELE

Truly they lie, they talk utter nonsense
Who say that music reckon that the kantele
Was fashioned by a god
Out of a great pike's shoulders
From a water-dog's hooked bones:
It was made from the grief
Moulded from sorrow

Its belly out of hard days
Its soundboard from endless woes
Its strings gathered from torments
And its pegs from other ills

So it will not play, will not rejoice at all
Music will not play to please
Give off the right sort of joy
For it was fashioned from cares
Moulded from sorrow


11. THE GOLDEN ELK

Do not doubt her wisdom
Don't resist her call
Just follow in her footsteps
For she will not wait
She bears her treasure
Carries it before her footsteps
Be ever alert
For she will not wait

The keeper of fleeting moment
She's the golden elk
The mother of time and tide
The shaper of destinies
The keeper of fleeting moment
She's the golden elk
The mother of time and tide

Do not hesitate then
Don't resist her call
Be ever alert
For she will not wait
The queen of time
Gives you the direction
Predicts your path
The one that you must follow
The queen of time

The keeper of fleeting moment
She's the golden elk
The mother of time and tide
The shaper of destinies
The keeper of fleeting moment
She's the golden elk
The mother of time and tide

If you see her as a ghost in
Winter's blizzard
Sense her in the shy sunset of spring
Hear her as a rustle in summer's night
See through her autumn wood's disguise

The keeper of fleeting moment
She's the golden elk
The mother of time and tide
The shaper of destinies
The keeper of fleeting moment
She's the golden elk
The mother of time and tide
The shaper of destinies

If you thought you heard her voice
If you think you saw her shape
The queen of time
If the wind brought you her scent
If you tracked her on your trail
The queen of time


12. PYRES ON THE COAST

They came once
And they will come again
Their sails darken the moon
Black flags waving in the night
They think they'll catch us unawares
The fires were lit in the night
Their ships carried by rushing waves

But the salmon sang what he heard
The eagle told what he saw

The fires were lit in the night
The fires were lit in the night

Their slave-ships the foams spat out
The raiders of the black waves
They moored their ships to our shores

But the salmon sang what he heard
The eagle told what he saw

The fires were lit in the night
Can you see the pyres on the coast
The fires in the night
From hill to hill the message rings
We know they are coming
Behold the pyres on the coast
The fires in the night
From hill to hill the message rings
We know they are coming

Into bears turned our men
Into wolves our brave women
Into birds our children
Into fire our wise elders

But the salmon sang what he heard
The eagle told what he saw

The fires were lit in the night
Can you see the pyres on the coast
The fires in the night
From hill to hill the message rings
We know they are coming
Behold the pyres on the coast
The fires in the night
From hill to hill the message rings
We know they are coming

We know they are coming!


13. SILVER BRIDE

From the mystic dreams of nighttime
I saw the clarity of my days
From the shades of longing
Looked for the familiar glow
The death of my wife's slayer
Brought no comfort to me
No shape for loneliness
For a dream

A queen of gold I made
A silver bride I built
From the northern summer nights
From the winter moon
Responded not my girl
No beating heart I felt
I brought no sighs to the silver lips
No warmth from the gold

Within my heart a flame of desires
Provoked the power of my will
Forced into silvery shape
A golden queen for me
I made our bed under the stars
Covers a-plenty, bear skin hides
Stroked the arc of golden curves
Kissed the lips of silver

(Queen of gold) I made her
(Silver bride) I built her
(Queen of gold) no warmth
(Silver bride) no love
(Queen of gold) I made her
(Silver bride) I built her
(Queen of gold) no warmth
(Silver bride) no life


14. BLACK WINTER DAY

This is how the lucky feel
How the blessed man think
Like daybreak in spring
The sun on a spring morning
Like the flat brink of a cloud
Like a dark night in autumn

But how do I feel
In my gloomy depths?

This is how the lucky feel
How the blessed man think
Like daybreak in spring
Like the flat brink of a cloud
Like a dark night in autumn
A black winter day

This is how the lucky feel
How the blessed man think
Like daybreak in spring
Like the flat brink of a cloud
Like a dark night in autumn
A black winter day
No, darker than that
Gloomier than an autumn night

A black winter day


15. HOUSE OF SLEEP

I will never sleep alone (never without you)
Whatever you say to me
I already know
If I said something to you
You would take those words
There's so much power in those words

(You don't know) You don't know nothing yet
About the dreams I have
I will make you sleep
(You don't know) you don't know nothing yet
About the dreams I have
Sleep is a house for lovers

You will be the mistress (of that house)
You will be given the wide belt
And the big key to the gate
If I said something to you
You would take those words
There's so much power in those words

Sleep is a house I built for you