Long evenings full on longing
Low-spirited my mornings
Full of longing too my nights
And all times the bitterest.
'Tis my lovely I long for
It is my darling I miss
My black-browed one I grieve for.
There's no hearing my treasure
No seeing my marten-breat
No hearing her in the lane
Driving below the window
Chopping the wood by the stack
Clinking outside the cook-house:
In the eart my berry lies
In the soil she's mouldering
Under the sand my sweet one
Beneath the grass my treasure
The one I grieve for.
Low-spirited my mornings
Full of longing too my nights
And all times the bitterest.
'Tis my lovely I long for
It is my darling I miss
My black-browed one I grieve for.
No seeing my marten-breat
No hearing her in the lane
Driving below the window
Chopping the wood by the stack
Clinking outside the cook-house:
In the soil she's mouldering
Under the sand my sweet one
Beneath the grass my treasure
The one I grieve for.
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Clearly it is about the loss of a loved one. Sourced and translated from the Kanteletar (a book of traditional Finnish poetry) and set to the most mournfully beautiful music imaginable. Breath-taking.
Just to organize the lyrics... BTW does anyone have lyrics for the growl part? It sounds like he's repeating the verses again.
Long evenings full of longing Low-spirited my mornings Full of longing too my nights And all times the bitterest. Tis my lovley I long for It is my darling I miss My black-browed one I grieve for.
Beneath the grass my treasure Under the sand my sweet one
There's no hearing my treasure No seeing my marten-breast No hearing her in the lane Driving below the window Chopping the wood by the stack Clinking outside the cook-house: In the earth my berry lies
Beneath the grass my treasure Under the sand my sweet one
In the soil she's mouldering Under the sand my sweet one Beneath the grass my treasure The one I grieve for.
The original poem from Kanteletar II:53: Maassa marjani makaavi http://www.elisanet.fi/kuula_seura/kanteletar/2.kirja/ii53.htm