'Pohjannaula' songs (Finnish)

Hi everybody ^^
I'm looking for the lyrics of the songs from this band called ‘Pohjannaula’, in Finnish and translation if possible =)
I'll be so happy if someone can help me with that, coz I really really love this band =) Thanks in advance ^^
The songs are:

'Aksel ja Eino'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vhfI...eature=related

'Paimenpoika'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lHum...eature=related

'Neliapila'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxNJi...eature=related

'Sielulintu'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF7lL...eature=related

'Matkalaulu', 'Pirunpelto' & 'Viimeinen tanssi'.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZIjkzhaiK4

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Here we go! (This song doesn't sound very logical, I may translate something wrong...)

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Aksel ja Eino
Aksel and Eino [1]

Pitkien iltojen yksin istu ja saapui luokse käppärämänty maalaajan
He sat alone during long evenings, and a crouched pine came to a painter, [2]
luokse Suomen kuvittajan.
To the illustrator of Finland.

Siinähän he istuivat Aksel ja Eino,
There they were sitting, Aksel and Eino,
velissotaa ennustellen, veljessotaa peljäten,
Predicting brother war, fearing brother war
vanhalle honkapenkille.
On the old pine bench.

CHORUS:
En oo mailla halmeillakaan tämän pallon seutuvilla,
I'm not in the close areas, on the areas of the globe
en, en lähimainkaan.
Not, not even close.
En vaikka paljaat varpaani kanervaa koski
Not even if my toes touched heather,
niin minä, minä poika leijailin.
So I, I [3] floated in the air.
Minä, minä poika leijailin.
I, I floated in the air.
Minä, minä poika leijailin.
I, I floated in the air.

Nyt minä istumaan kahdeksankymmenen neljän vuoden jälkeen
Now I go to sit after eighty-four years
tälle iäiselle honkapenkille
On this ancient pine bench
jolla ryyppäsivät Aksel ja Eino.
On which Aksel and Eino used to booze.

Ol kun ois palokärki puuta kolkuttanut
It's like a black woodpecker [4] had knocked a tree
vai olisiko se ollut jotain muuta
Or had it been something else
kuin näitä valvottuja öitä.
Than these night during which I stayed awake.

CHORUS

Ol kun ois palokärki puuta kolkuttanut
It's like a black woodpecker had knocked a tree.
Ol kun ois metsän tummuus mulle huokaillut.
It's like the darkness of the forest had sighed at me.
Ol kun ois Finlandia-hymni järvellä soinut.
It's like the Finlandia Hymn [5] had played on the lake.
Ol kun ois Finlandia-hymni järvellä soinut...
It's like the Finlandia Hymn had played on the lake... [continues at the background during the chorus]

CHORUS

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[1] Quite common (though oldish) Finnish male names. Aksel may refer to Akseli Gallen-Kallela (born as Axel Waldemar Gallén, but he changed his Swedish name to Finnish one, he was from a Swedish-speaking Finnish "better" family). He was a famous Finnish painter, actually a kind of national painter. He illustrated several scenes from the Finnish national epic, Kalevala. Wikipedia site about Akseli Gallen-Kallela. I'm not sure who that Eino may be: Gallen-Kallela had no brother that was known as Eino. Though closest ones are his half brothers Ernst Filemon Gallén and Karl Emil Gallén.

[2] This is how I understood it.

[3] Literally: "I, I the boy", it's an oldish but still usable way to highlight that "it was me", used by males.

[4] Bird species, Wikipedia.

[5] A very famous hymn, almost like a national hymn of Finland, though it's not the actual national hymn. Wikipedia.

Next:

Paimenpoika
Herding Boy

Minä paimenpoikana synnyin maailmaan.
I was born in the world as a herding boy.
Riekkoja pyydystin - pian on langalla.
I hunted willow grouses - they are soon in the snare thread.
Poltto sillon ei ansasta julmasta
That time, no one felt bad about cruel trap,
vaan iloittiin täydestä vatsasta.
But we were joyful about full stomach.

Villiniityillä kuivui keihäitä.
Spears were drying at the wild meadow.
Kilpailimme veljet ja minä.
My brothers and I were competiting.
Kauas, kauas keppi lensi,
The stick flew far, far away,
vain tähdet kirkkaat ylemmäksi ensi.
Only the bright stars were higher.

Paimenpoikana soin näin kuusistossa,
As a herding boy I played like that in the spruce forest
Paljain jaloin läpsyttelin,
I slapped my bare feet,
lannassa varpaita lämmittelin.
I warmed my toes in dung.

Syksyn kuulaat halla-aamut
Clear frost mornings of autumn
hönkivät minulle metsäniivi.
Breathed at me, to my forest. [1]
Ojennan käteni valkoisiin varpuihin.
I reach my hand to the white shrubs.
Marjat löytyvät kun tietää mistä etsiä.
You can find the berries if you know where to look for.

Metsän perällä kotimökissä
At the back of the forest, in a home cottage,
elelimme emo, veljet ja minä.
We lived there, my mother, brothers and I.
Talven kylmyys, lumi sekä tuisku
Coldness of winter, snow and flurry
tupaan puhalsi marjapuuron viileeksi.
They blew into the house and made the berry porridge cold.

Paimenpoikana poimin mä puolukoita,
As a herding boy I picked lingonberries.
talven varalle kanniskelin.
I carried them for winter.
Äidin luokse läpsyttelin.
I slapped with my feet to my mother.
Mehtujen soitimella keväisellä jäällä
At the display of capercaillies on the spring ice
kukkojen elkeitä mallailin.
I imitated the gestures of the roosters.
Riukureissulla tappelin.
I fight in my journey to the pole toilet [2].

Paimenpoikana aikaa siitä kauan on,
As a herding boy, it's a long time from those times,
metsästelin, marjastelin, villiniittyjä niitin.
I hunted, I picked berreis, I scythed wild meadows.
Paimenpoikana aikaa siitä kauan on,
As a herding boy, it's a long time from those times,
metsästelin, marjastelin, villiniittyjä niitin.
I hunted, I picked berreis, I scythed wild meadows.

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[1] I heard "metsäniivi" and I have no idea what it means.

[2] In ancient times (and still, for example, in some scout camps), there was used in Finland so-called "pole toilets" in the forests. Basically, first you dig a deep pit, then you build a kind of bench on it of poles, and then you can do your business.

thank you!!!!!! =)))))

Carrying on! This time, I found the lyrics from the net. The costume that the song seems to be based on an old-day Finnish holiday costume hundreds of years ago. Think about a Viking woman and you get close.


Neliapila
Four-Leaved Clover

Kuparisolkiset ketjut kulkevat olalta olalle
Chains with a copper buckles go from a shoulder to shoulder.
Soljissa apilanlehden kuvia onnea omille
There is pictures of leaves of a clover in the buckles, [they are bringing] luck to her own people.
Teoille toiveille ja armaille
To actions, to wishes and to dear ones.
Rinnallaan hopeinen hevosenkenkä kiiltävä kaunis
There is a silvery, shining beautiful horse shoe on her chest.
Olkahame ja esiliina valkeaa villaa
A skirt with shoulder straps and apron that is made of white wool.
Huntu ja vaippa maavärein värjätyt
A veil and a tunic colored with earth colors.

Rannerenkaissa sormuksissa eläinaiheita
There is animal decoration in the bracelets and the rings.
Tuppipuukko ja korvalusikka kupeilla keikkuvat
A knife in a sheath and a spoon with an ear are swinging on her sides.
Kutsuvat kylään lanteet keinuvat
The swinging hips call to the village.
Tulinen taattosi minua ei siedä isosiskosi
You fierce father can't stand me, you big sister
Mustankipeä ja vihaa täynnä eikä emosi
Is jealous and full of anger, and your mother
Liioin minua halua vävykseen
Doesn't want me to become her son-in-law.

CHORUS
Kun tanssin
When I dance
Tanssin taljankan tahdissa kera karjalaisen naisen
I dance with the music played by an accordion with a Karelian woman
Tanssin taljankan tahdissa
I dance with the music played by an accordion.
Minä mielin niin kovin paljon ooh
I want that much, ooh.

Tässäpä pystyvä pölkkymies vaikka ne puhuu
There is a skillful woodsman, even if they talk
Että kuljen aina ojia pitkin poikki henkselitkin
That I always walk along ditches and that even my suspenders are snapped [in two pieces].
Älä välitä kontinkantaja ämmistä
Don't care about hags carrying knapsacks.
Kuviotanssia katseemme kohtaavat väistämme aina
In form dance, our glances meet always between [the other dancers]
Kun äijät kohkaavat aivan hiessä koetan saada
When the guys rampage covered by sweat, I try to fulfill
Toteen apilanlehden enteen
The prediction of the clover leaf.

Eeeeven more!

Sielulintu
Soul Bird

Minä musta siipi synkältä taivahalta
I, the black wing from the dark sky
Terveiset tuon synkältä kankahalta
Greetings from the dark boreal forest
Koto koto kotolasta lintu lintu kotolasta
From home home home place [1] bird bird from a home place.
Kylmäst kylmäst routaisesta routa routa jäätiköstä
From cold cold frosty frost frost glacier.

Oravatkin sammalvuoteellansa vaipuvat uneen kotikoloissansa
Also squirrels on their moss beds [2] fall asleep in their home holes.
Eivät ne minulta rauhaa saa niin kuin ei ihmislapsetkaan
And they can't get peace from me, neither human children.

refrain:
Sielulintu sielulintu kiellän sun tulla
Soul bird, soul bird, I forbid you to come
Tänne tänne suru suru tuomaan tuomaan itkettämään
Here here mourn mourn to bring to bring to make cry
Sielulintu sielulintu kiellän sun tulla
Soul bird, soul bird, I forbid you to come

refrain2:
Tänne tänne suru suru tuomaan tuomaan itkettämään
Here here mourn mourn to bring to bring to make cry
Tänne tänne surua tuomaan itkettämään
Here here to bring mourn to make cry
Tänne tänne suru suru tuomaan tuomaan itkettämään
Here here mourn mourn to bring to bring to make cry
Tänne tänne surua tuomaan itkettämään
Here here to bring mourn to make cry

Kiertelen kaartelen taivaankannen ylisillä
I circulate, I curve in the upper parts of the sky
Ylisiltä katsahtelen pitkää kaulaa kurkottelen
I peek at the upper parts, I reach my long neck
Kelle kelle vierahille kah mä hänet kylmättelen
Who who I should visit, kah, I make him/her cold
Raajat jäykiks lauleskelen virittelen itkuvirren
I make his/her limbs stiff, I sing I tune a requiem
Ihmisellä kylässään pienessä tai suuressa on rakas kotitölli
A human has a dear home cottage in his/her big or small village
Kaulani pitkä akkunaan piirtää kehen se osoittaa sen minä otan
My long neck draws on the window; to whom it points, I take him/her[3]

refrain

refrain2

Sielulintu sielulintu kiellän sun tulla
Soul bird, sould bird, I forbid you to come

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[1] "Kotola" is a dialectical/poetic/something version of word "koti", meaning "home".

[2] I think this is a kind of reference to "Oravan laulu" ("Song of Squirrel") that appeared in Aleksis Kivi's novel "Seitsemän veljestä" ("Seven Brothers"). There is talked about moss beds and being in peace from something. (Side note: "Seitsemän veljestä" was one of first novels that were written in Finnish.)

[3] A bit weird sentence, I'm not 100% sure of this.

More and more! Again I found Finnish lyrics (modified them a bit clearer).

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Matkalaulu
Travel[ling] Song

Suuren matkan valmistus, kartan maita katsottiin.
Preparing a great travel, we looked at countries on the map.
Kauniin paikan aavistus, tuohon maahan tahdottiin.
Anticipating a beautiful place, we wanted to that country.
Koko heimo yhdessä, matkatarpeet laitettiin.
All the tribe together [1] we collected the luggage.
Kevät koitti hetkessä, kuumaa tietä taitettiin.
The spring came instantly, we travelled on a hot road.

Keräsimme simpukat valtameren suolaamat.
We collected the shells salted by the ocean.
Näimme nummet kukkulat vanhan ajan muovaamat.
We saw moors, hills, shaped by the old times.
Muiden maiden mäissä tauko istu rattaisiin.
On the hills of the other lands the break sat on the wagon.
Aisa poikki kärrystä, aina niistä selvittiin.
A broken pole on the carriage, we always survived from them.

Sillä matkalla paljon maileja taitettiin.
We traveled for several miles on that journey.
Sillä matkalla onnen kukkia taitettiin.
We picked flowers of luck on that journey. [2]

Jyrkkä rinne, kiivettiin suuren vuoren laelta.
A steep rise, we climbed down/up from/to the top of a great mountain. [3]
Näimme kauas, luultiin niin sinne voimme paeta.
We saw far, we thought we could escape there.
Hengitimme savuja, maagisia hetkiä,
We inhaled smokes, magical moments,
maistoimme maan mallasta, näimme paljon näkyjä.
We tasted the malt of the earth, we saw many visions.

Illan valossa jälleen istuttiin yhdessä.
In the light of the evening, we sat together.
Illan valossa kirous istui yhdessä.
In the light of the evening, the curse sat in one of us. [4]

Yksi muihin kyllästyi, vuoret vaati veronsa.
One got bored with the others, the mountains/years demanded their imposition. [5]
Pitkään piinaan pitkästyi ilmoittaen eronsa.
He/She gor bored with a long torment, he/she told about his/her separation.
Muistan tuota tunnelmaa, paunan painoi ystävyys.
I remember that atmosphere, the friendship weighted a pound.
Vastannut ei unelmaa kesän matka eikä syys.
That summer journey or the autumn didn't correspond the dream.

Kuka kelle kuului, emme tienneet itsekään.
Who belonged to whom, neither we knew that.
Kuka kelle kuului, muistan katseen itsekkään.
Who belonged to whom, I remember the selfish glance.[6]

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[1] In this, heimo/tribe is probably a playful expression meaning the family.

[2] A word play: a Finnish word "taittaa" can mean several issues: normally it means bending or folding, but it can also mean traveling for a distance. Also it can be talked about picking flowers: when you cut the stalk of the flower, you bend it.

[3] I'm not sure if that says they are climbing up or down. The word order says that down, but the later lines are more for climbing up.

[4] Another word play: "yhdessä" can mean both "together" and "in one [of a group]".

[5] Actually it says "the mountains demanded their imposition", but it sounds a lot like "vuodet vaativat veronsa", "the years demanded their imposition", which is a common phrase/idiom in Finland. The latter one means that someone has spent much time to something and it has started to cause drawbacks. Again a word play, I guess.

[6] Yet another word play: "itsekään", that means something like "neither my-/you-/him-/herself/our-/your-/themselves", sounds very similar to "itsekkään", that is an accusative case of word "itsekäs", meaning "selfish".

EDIT! This isn't a song by Pohjannaula but by Kotiteollisuus. The songs happened to have the same name. Sorry about messing up! The right song is two posts below.

Pirunpelto
Devil Field [1]

Mies astuu tupaan, ei ota pois mustaa nuttuaan .
The man stepped into the house, he doesn't take his black coat/tunic away.
Istuu ilman lupaa ja ei jututtaa voi tuttuaan
He sits down without a permission and can't talk to his acquaintances.
Isäntä on hyvä ja tuo pullon kirkasta,
The master [2], please bring a bottle of translucent [liquid], [3]
tämä vieras ei kieltäydy viinatilkasta .
This visitor won't refuse a drop of wine.
Lyödään korttia pöydässä, panokset kovat on
Let's play card games on the table, the stakes are high.
Isännällä on ässä, vieraalla niitä neljä on.
The master has an ace, the guest has four of them.
Sairas nauru raikaa, vieras poistuu voitonriemuinen.
An ill laughter roars, the triumphant visitors leaves.
Mukaansa mitä saikaan - miehen sykkivän sydämen.
And what he got with him? - The beating heart of the man.

Taivaankannen alla
Under the cover of the sky
korjaa kurjan halla!
The frost harvests the poor one!

Sitten tuli yö, pahojen unien täyttämä,
Then the night came, it was filled by bad dreams,
helvetin kylmä, rakkauden hylkäämä.
Hellishly cold, rejected by the love.
Työt odottavat tekijäänsä, mökki pystyyn lahoaa.
The duties wait for their worker, the cottage rots while standing.
Mies kalpeana kulkee, jotain etsii, yksin samoaa.
The pale man walks, looks for something, wanders alone.

Tulta syöksee aamun suu,
The mouth of the morning spits fire,
kipinää päivän nyrkki!
The fist of the day strikes sparks!

Mies kyntää pirunpeltoa...
The man ploughs the devil field...

Kuluu tunnit, päivät, viikot, vuodet, kuluu vuosisadatkin.
The hours pass, like days, weeks, years, even centuries.
Mies etsii yhä, väsyneen silmät harittavatkin.
The man still looks for, the tired eyes also splay.
Hei, onko olemassa helvettiä täällä,
Hey, is there a Hell,
joka on pahempi kuin on elämä täällä maan päällä?
that is worse than the life here on the earth?
Viimein isäntänsä kohtaa, sen silmät yössä hohtaa.
Finally, it meets its master, its eyes glow in the night.
Se ojentelee kynsiään, miehen lammelle johtaa,
It reaches its claws, it leads the man to the pond.
siellä kalmankalpeat kukat koristavat rantaa,
There the death pale flowers decorate the shore,
miehen sykkivää sydäntä kukinnossaan yksi kantaa.
One of them carry the beating heart of the man in its bloom.

Taivaankannen alla
Under the cover of the sky
korjaa kurjan halla!
The frost harvests the poor one!

Kynnän pirunpeltoa...
I plough the devil field...

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[1] That's what it means literally. Pirunpelto (also known as muinaisranta, meaning "ancient shore") is also a real thing; it's an ancient sea/lake shore where the water had washed away all soil and small stones, leaving only the big rocks. Later, the sea/lake had vanished, and only the sorted rocks were left. In old times, people believed that a devil had threw those stones there, that's why the name.
A pirunpelto looks like this. And yes, that's really something made by the nature.

[2] Here, the master means the [male] master/owner of the house.

[3] In Finland, "kirkkaat alkoholijuomat" aka translucent alcoholic beverages (like vodka) are called "kirkkaat" ("the translucents") for short. Usually they are strong beverages.

Dear NuttyNuti =^.^=
This song that you translated is from this band called 'Kotiteollisuus' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QrdFDpSxoA), that by a coincidence has the same tittle (Pirunpelto!) of this song from the Folk band Pohjannaula, that im looking for ^^ Buuut, anyway, thanks for this translation and the nice explanations (cuz i think this band is so cool also! =) haha ) And thanks for your time dedicated here =) -- Before posting here, I tried to find the lyrics in Finnish, in order to save your time and avoid mistakes, but i guess i didnt search well (i was lazy, sorry ò.Ó ) cuz i couldn't find... But ive searched better just now and found the lyrics for Pirunpelto by Pohjannaula... :$ here they are:

paha olen enhän muuta väittänyt
taivaalta kuuta luvannut en
kepein omantunnoin sydäntäni hautaan
pohjattomaan suohautaan

käsin omin pellon raivaan
viljavan mullan pois kaivan
tilalle kiviä rantakiviä
siemeneksi itämään katkeruus ja kateus

pirunpellon kivet

kivi on kova niin myös minä
jumala armahtaa mutta en minä
sydämettömänä pahan viljelijänä
en heikkoutta salli enkä sitä siedä

elonkorjuun sadon kuivaan
katkeran kateuden taikinaan vaivaan
viattomat sinisilmät punapunaposket
syksyn uudisleivän heille syötän

pirunpellon kivet
kovettuneet sydämet

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Whoops! My bad. But no problem, next I translate the right song! (No wonder why that song felt a bit different to the other ones.)

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Pirunpelto
Devil Field [1]

Paha olen, enhän muuta väittänyt.
I am evil, I didn't say anything else.
Taivaalta kuuta luvannut en.
I didn't promise to fetch the moon from the sky. [2]
Kepein omantunnoin sydäntäni hautaan
With a light conscience, I bury my heart
pohjattomaan suohautaan.
To the bottomless swamp grave.

Käsin omin pellon raivaan,
I clear the field with my own hands,
viljavan mullan pois kaivan,
I dig away the fruitful soil,
tilalle kiviä rantakiviä,
To replace them, I put shore rocks,
siemeneksi itämään katkeruus ja kateus.
As the seed, I put there bitterness and envy to sprout.

Pirunpellon kivet.
The rocks of the devil field.

Kivi on kova, niin myös minä.
The rock is hard, so am I.
Jumala armahtaa, mutta en minä.
God reprieves, but I don't.
Sydämettömänä pahan viljelijänä
As heartless farmer of evil
en heikkoutta salli enkä sitä siedä.
I don't allow weakness and I don't stand it.

Elonkorjuun sadon kuivaan,
I dry the crops of the harvest,
katkeran kateuden taikinaan vaivaan.
I knead the bitter jealousness to the dough.
Viattomat sinisilmät, punapunaposket,
Innocent blue eyed ones, red red cheeks,
syksyn uudisleivän heille syötän.
I feed the new bread of the autumn to them.

Pirunpellon kivet,
The rocks of the devil field,
kovettuneet sydämet.
The hardened hearts.

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[1] That's what it means literally. Pirunpelto (also known as muinaisranta, meaning "ancient shore") is also a real thing; it's an ancient sea/lake shore where the water had washed away all soil and small stones, leaving only the big rocks. Later, the sea/lake had vanished, and only the sorted rocks were left. In old times, people believed that a devil had threw those stones there, that's why the name.
A pirunpelto looks like this. And yes, that's really something made by the nature.

[2] I'm not sure if there is similar idiom in English, but anyway: In Finnish, "to ask someone to fetch the moon from the sky" means "to ask [selfishly] someone to do something impossible".

The last one thus far! (I might misheard some parts, for some reason it was sometimes hard to hear what they were singing.) More songs to translate? :3

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Viimeinen tanssi
The Last Dance

Sinun huulesi houkuttaa
Your lips tempt me
kuumaan suudelmaan.
To a hot kiss.
Huulesi houkuttaa
Your lips tempt me
mukaan lähtemään
To come with you
leikkiin jännittävään.
To an exciting game.

Luoksesi vietteli,
It tempted me to you,
haluan sinut erin.
I want you a piece by piece.
Tehden, kujeillen
By doing, by playing,
viet minut mukanasi.
You took me with you.
Kuljin tanssiin rakkautiimi,
I walked to the dance of our love [1]
tanssiin viimeiseen.
To the last dance.

CHORUS (x2)
Rintaani kiertyvä,
Twirling around my chest,
huudan apua.
I yell for help.
Kärryt rämisten vauhdilla
The carriage with speed
vievät minua.
take me.
Ajurina oleva
The one being the driver
ei päästä poikaa
Doesn't leave the boy
kärryiltä pois,
Away from the wagon,
kärryiltä pois.
Away from the wagon.

Silmäniskusi lumoaa
Your eye wink charms me,
kuuma ilmaan katoaa.
The heat disappears into the air. [2]
En katsettani sinusta irti saa
I can't take my eyes off you,
enkä haluakaan.
Neither I want to [do so].

Kanssasi pois lähden,
I leave away with you,
en tiedä minkä tähden.
I don't know why.
Naurat kun otat minut,
You laugh as you take me,
viet mukanasi
Take me with you
pitkän matkan rakkautiimi,
To the long journey of our love, [1]
matkaan viimeiseen.
To the last journey.

CHORUS (x2)

[solo]

CHORUS (x2)

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[1] I heard "rakkautiimi", that means actually nothing, but I think that the singer meant "rakkauteemme", "to our love".

[2] That's how I heard it.

Oh yes, if Im not asking too much, there are more! =)) -- I could find only the lyrics for Jääkannel and Karmes

Taivaankansi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6trfI...eature=related

Karmes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp5DT...eature=related

Minun tekee aina mieli
Sellainen on miehen mieli
Immen syliin tekee mieli
Haarautumaan käypi mieli
Mielin kielin

Mieleni minun tekevi
Tekee minun mieleni
Mieleni lempeä tekevi
Tekee lempeä mieleni

Lemmen taian loihii kieli
Mahlan maistaa tahmee kieli
Pohjaan painuu pitkä kieli
Haarautumaan käypi kieli
Mielin kielin

Kieleni minun virkkovi
Virkkoo minun kieleni
Kieleni lempeä virkkovi
Virkkoo lempeä kieleni

Mieleni minun tekevi
Tekee minun mieleni
Mieleni minun tekevi
Tekee lempeä mieleni

***

Karjalan mailla
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TaLWP...eature=related

Jääkannel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kCPP...eature=related

Ei kauniimpaa hetkeä olekaan
Kun tupaan kylmään
tupaan kylmään saavuimme
Taivallettuamme yli ensijään ohuen
Taivallettuamme yli lahden tuohon saarehen

Chorus:
Lähden kanssasi minne vaan ihan minne vaan
Sinä viet ja minä vain seuraan minä vain seuraan
Lähden kanssasi minne vaan ihan minne vaan
Sinä viet ja minä vain seuraan

Etsin polttopuut ne vuosia on kuivanneet
Sinä jostain löysit potkukelkan vanhan ja harmahtavan
Potkukelkkailimme välissä jään ja tähtien
Heläji jääkannel alla jalasten ruosteisten

Chorus

Niin heläji jääkannel alla jalasten ruosteisten

Lähden kanssasi minne vaan ihan minne vaan
Sinä meet ja minä vain seuraan minä vaan seuraan

***

Originally Posted by NuttyNuti

Here we go! (This song doesn't sound very logical, I may translate something wrong...)

***

Aksel ja Eino
Aksel and Eino [1]

I believe you missed some crucial references.

Pitkien iltojen yksinistuja saapui luokse käppärämäntymaalaajan
He who often sat alone long nights arrived at the painter of crouched pines, [1]
luokse Suomen kuvittajan.
To the illustrator of Finland.

Siinähän he istuivat Aksel ja Eino,
There they sat, Aksel and Eino,
veljessotaa ennustellen, veljessotaa peljäten,
expecting civil war, fearing for the civil war [2]
vanhalle honkapenkille.
On the old pine bench.

CHORUS:
En oo mailla halmeillakaan tämän pallon seutuvilla,
I'm not in the close areas, on the areas of the globe
en, en lähimainkaan.
Not, not even close.
En vaikka paljaat varpaani kanervaa koski
Not even if my bare toes touch heather,
niin minä, minä poika leijailin.
So I, myself floated in the air.
Minä, minä poika leijailin.
I, myself floated in the air.
Minä, minä poika leijailin.
I, myself floated in the air.

Nyt minä istumaan kahdeksankymmenen neljän vuoden jälkeen
Now I go to sit after eighty-four years
tälle iäiselle honkapenkille
On this ancient pine bench
jolla ryyppäsivät Aksel ja Eino.
On which Aksel and Eino used to booze.

Ol' kun ois palokärki puuta kolkuttanut
It's like a black woodpecker [4] had knocked on a tree
vai olisiko se ollut jotain muuta
Or had it been something else
kuin näitä valvottuja öitä.
Than these night spent awake.

CHORUS

Ol' kun ois palokärki puuta kolkuttanut
It's like a black woodpecker had knocked a tree.
Ol' kun ois metsän tummuus mulle huokaillut.
It's like the darkness of the forest had sighed at me.
Ol kun ois Finlandia-hymni järvellä soinut.
It's like the Finlandia Hymn [5] had played on the lake.
Ol kun ois Finlandia-hymni järvellä soinut...
It's like the Finlandia Hymn had played on the lake... [continues at the background during the chorus]

CHORUS

***

[1] References to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akseli_Gallen-Kallela and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eino_Leino, artists of the Finnish national romantic era who used Finnish mythology and folk legends in their art right before ...

[2] The Finnish Civil war 1918. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_Civil_War

Originally Posted by Louise Miranda

Oh yes, if Im not asking too much, there are more! =)) -- I could find only the lyrics for Jääkannel and Karmes

Karmes
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pp5DT...eature=related

***

Kärmes

Minun tekee aina mieli
Sellainen on miehen mieli
Immen syliin tekee mieli
Haarautumaan käypi mieli
Mielin kielin

I am always in the mood[1]
that is the nature of manhood
to lay on maidens lap is my will
to fork is my drive
by ingratiating[2]

Mieleni minun tekevi
Tekee minun mieleni
Mieleni lempeä tekevi
Tekee lempeä mieleni

My mind is longing for[3]
Longing is my mind for
My mind longing for love
my loving mind

Lemmen taian loihii kieli
Mahlan maistaa tahmee kieli
Pohjaan painuu pitkä kieli
Haarautumaan käypi kieli
Mielin kielin

The spell of love cast by tongue
The sap is tasted by the sticky tongue
To the end is stuck the long tongue
The tongue goes to fork
by ingratiating

Kieleni minun virkkovi
Virkkoo minun kieleni
Kieleni lempeä virkkovi
Virkkoo lempeä kieleni

My tongue is speaking
Speaking is my tongue
My tong is speaking of love[4]
speaking is my loving tongue

Mieleni minun tekevi
Tekee minun mieleni
Mieleni minun tekevi
Tekee lempeä mieleni

My mind is longing for[3]
Longing is my mind for
My mind is longing for
my loving mind

***
[1] Mieli means mind, sense, thoughts and desire depending on context. The wordplay is based on this change of context.
[2] Mielin kielin is an idiom. Literally it is "with mind and tongue", figuratively it is about flattering and pleasing people to fulfill some ultimate goal.
[3] This is the opening verse of Kalevala. Literally "My mind is doing/desiring to..." and the -vi suffix is archaic. First poem in Kalevala starts with "Mieleni minun tekevi, aivoni ajattelevi..."
[4] Another wordplay. Lempi is another word for love, but it can also be used in an expression to mean the act of making love. Lempeä is an adjective or a noun in partitive form, in effect changing the "my loving mind" to "I desire to make love" as mieli has also multiple interpretations as explained in [1].


Jääkannel

Ei kauniimpaa hetkeä olekaan
Kun tupaan kylmään
tupaan kylmään saavuimme
Taivallettuamme yli ensijään ohuen
Taivallettuamme yli lahden tuohon saarehen

There's no moment more beautiful
Than in a cold house
arriving in a cold house
after walking over thin fresh ice
after walking over the gulf to that island


Chorus:
Lähden kanssasi minne vaan ihan minne vaan
Sinä viet ja minä vain seuraan minä vain seuraan
Lähden kanssasi minne vaan ihan minne vaan
Sinä viet ja minä vain seuraan

I'll go with you anywhere, truly anywhere
You take me and I just follow, I just follow
I'll go with you anywhere, truly anywhere
You take me and I just follow


Etsin polttopuut ne vuosia on kuivanneet
Sinä jostain löysit potkukelkan vanhan ja harmahtavan
Potkukelkkailimme välissä jään ja tähtien
Heläji jääkannel alla jalasten ruosteisten

I find the firewood, dried for years
You found a kicksled somewhere, old and grayish
We ride the kicksled between ice and stars
The ice cover crackled under the skids


Chorus

Niin heläji jääkannel alla jalasten ruosteisten

Lähden kanssasi minne vaan ihan minne vaan
Sinä meet ja minä vain seuraan minä vaan seuraan


The ice cover crackled under the skids

I'll go with you anywhere, truly anywhere
You take me and I just follow, I just follow

Oh gosh, another hard-to-translate because of the ubiquitous references to Finnish national epos.

Karjalan mailla

Kun ei kuuta
aurinkoa lainkaan
silloin enää ei naurua
eikä ilmaista iloa
kuka soittaisi, laulaisi
taivaankansia takoisi

When there's no moon
sun at all
then there's no laughter
no expression of happiness
who would play music, sing
bang on the firmament[1]

Hevonenkin hengähtävi
pitkän matkan mentyänsä
eipä koskikaan vuolaana
laske vettänsä loputen

Even a horse has to rest
after walking a long distance
not even fast rapids
have water forever

mieli on jäämähän
jäämähän parempi
kuin on kesken
kesken katkeamahan

my mind is to stay
to stay is better
than in between
in between break

annapas ajan kulua
päivän mennä, toisen tulla
taas minua tarvitaan
tarvitaan, kaivataan
annapas ajan kulua
päivän mennä, toisen tulla
taas minua tarvitaan
tarvitaan, pyydetään

but let the time pass
a day go, another come
again I'll be needed
needed, longed for
but let the time pass
a day go, another come
again I'll be needed
needed, asked to

Kun taivaankappaleet
ovat autioina kadonneet
silloin minua tarvitaan
kaivataan, pyydetään
uuden soiton suorittajaksi
kuun kuljettajaksi
uuden päivän päästäjäksi
taivaan taluttajaksi

When the celestial objects
are barren and disappeared
then I will be needed
longed for, asked to
perform the new music
drive the moon
to be the midwife for a new day
to lead the sky

Tarinoita on suuria
tällä Suomenniemellä rakkahalla
mutta missä on ne kertojat
ei kai, ei kai,
niitä karjalan mai'en myötä menetetty
jos niin on niin silloin
annapas ajan kulua
päivän mennä, toisen tulla
jo löytyvi kertojat
kadonnut temppeli Lemminkäisen

There are great tales
on this loved Finnish peninsula
but where are the story tellers
you don't say, you don't say
we lost them along Karelian lands[2]
if it's so well then
let some time pass
a day go, another come
there we find the story tellers
the lost temple of Lemminkäinen[3]

*****

On the end parts of Kalevala as Christianity pushed the paganism away Väinämöinen leaves the people, promising to come back when he is again needed. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A4in%C3%A4m%C3%B6inen

[1] On Finnish mythology, the Firmament was supported by a big pole. The Firmament was made from an (apparently gigantic) eggshell. Banging on the firmament was probably a reference to the sound of thunder.

[2] On second world war Finland lost big amount of Karelian isthmus to Soviet Union.

[3] On the change of 1990's a person named Ior Bock was in a search of the entry to Temple of Lemminkäinen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ior_Boc...mink.C3.A4inen

Kiitos hyvin paljon

Originally Posted by Louise Miranda

Taivaankansi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6trfI...eature=related

Taivaankansi
The Firmament

onnea on kasvaa
rakkauden tuvassa
missä äiti kehtoa keinuttaa
lapsi keinuu unelaan

happiness is to grow
in a house of love
where mother rocks the cradle
the child rocks in to the dream world[1]

onnea on kasvaa
turvaisessa pihassa
missä isä keinun puuhun pisti
lapsi keinuu onnelaan

happiness is to grow
in a safe yard
where father put a swing up in the tree[2]
the child swings in to the land of happiness[1]

kun tiehesi päähän sinä kerran tulet
pihassa keinuu, tuulessa heiluu
heiluu, heiluu, kehtosi keinuu
keinuu, keinuu, taivaankansi keinuu

when you once arrive at the end of your road
in the yard swings, rocks in the wind
swings, swings, your cradle rocks
rocks, rocks, the firmament is a-rocking

tyttö leikkii leikkejään
kehtoa hän keinuttaa
näin äidinperintönä saa
mitä rakkautta vaalitaan

a girl is playing
she's rocking a cradle
inherited from her mother she learns
how to nourish the love

pieni poika urhea
havumajaa rakentaa
näin isänperintönä
mitä turvaa rakennetaan

a little boy, brave
builds a hut out of fir branches
inherited from his father
how to build the safety

astut pihaan sieltä kerran lähdit
majasta havuisesta, kehdosta keinuvasta
tuulee, tuulee, sinä sen kuulet
keinuu, keinuu, taivaankansi keinuu

you step on to the yard you once left
from the fir tree hut, from the rocking cradle
wind bloes, blows, and you hear it
rocks, rocks, the firmament is a-rocking

astut sisään taloon josta lähdit
seinällä kuva naisesta, miehestä
tutuista piirteistä, edeltä jo menneistä
menkää, menkää, taivaankansi keinuu
menkää, menkää, taivaankansi keinuu

you step in the house that you once left behind
one the wall there's a picture of a woman, of a man
familiar features, those that passed on before[3]
go, go, the firmament is a-rocking
go, go, the firmament is a-rocking

[1] Onnela, Unela: The -la, -lä ending in Finnish last names and locations is ubiquitous. The -la ending can be loosely interpreted as "house of", "place of", "family of", "state of" etc. So unela, uni + la = "dream" + "land of", i.e. a place where peoples souls go when they are sleeping and dreaming. Respectfully onnela, onni + la = "happiness" + "state of", the state of mind where you're extremely happy. On death people's souls would travel to Manala or Tuonela. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_paganism#Afterlife

[2] Keinu, a swing is the root for the verb "keinua", to swing or to rock.

[3] Mennä edeltä, lit. "to go before others (and wait)" refers to the people going to the afterlife before the ones who are here still living. Menkää (2nd person plural imperative of "mennä") on the next lines refers to this.

Some of the Pohjannaula lyrics are very complex and clever, and not
easily understood by modern people. The song "Neliapila" gives good
description of traditional Carolean clothes

Here is a small change to the "Neliapila" translation:

"Tuppipuukko ja korvalusikka kupeilla keikkuvat"

I would translate this line as:

"A utility knife and earpick are swinging on her sides."

"Tuppipuukko" ("seathed knife") is small utility knife used as eating
utensil. The sheath is usually tall and knife is seated deep in the
sheath so that only the top of the grip is visible.

"Korvalusikka" ("ear-spoon") is a medical tool fol picking debris from
ear channel, and could be translated as "ear-pick".

Here is a picture of the spoon-shaped ear-pick.


Here is a picture of what was attached to woman's belt:


This belt-hanger contains coin-pouch, tube for sewing needles and sheath
for utility knife. Other tools carried in belt-hangers were ear-pick,
tweezers and scissors.

Note: Apparently very little has changed in last 600 years. I just
realised that I have a "Leatherman Style CS" hanging form my belt-loop,
and it has similar tools as the old belt-hangers.

The second line of the first verse:

Riekkoja pyydystin - pian on langalla.
I hunted willow grouses - they are soon in the snare thread.

could be:

Riekkoja pyydystin - pianolangalla.
I hunted willow grouses - with wire snare.

Note: Traditional way to hunt Willow Grouse in Lappland is to use a wire
snare. The snare is made from 0.25 mm spring steel wire noose (aka.
piano wire, musical wire), and set so that Grouse will walk head-first
through the noose and becomes strangled.


The end of sixth verse:

Mehtujen soitimella keväisellä jäällä,
kukkojen elkeitä mallailin.
Riukureissulla tappelin.

At the display of capercaillies on the spring ice
I imitated the gestures of the roosters.
I fight in my journey to the pole toilet.

Should be:

Mehtojen soitimella keväisellä jäällä,
kukkojen elkeitä mallailin,
riiureissulla tappelin.

(While watching the) mating rituals of Wood Grouses on spring ice,
I imitated the gestures of roosters,
(and like the roosters) I fought (with other boys) when flirting with girls.

Note: "Riiu" is traditional Finnish word for picking up girls for
casual sex. Closest modern translation would be "booty call".
"Riiureissu" could be translated as "Booty call road-trip".

Some other translation notes:

First three lines of the last verse:

"Tässäpä pystyvä pölkkymies vaikka ne puhuu
Että kuljen aina ojia pitkin, poikki henkselitkin.
Älä välitä kontinkantaja ämmistä."

Here I am, a hard-working woodchopper, even if they say,
that I always visit every s*lt, and that I can't keep my pants on.
You should not care about hags spreading rumours.

(profanity filter bypass: replace "*" with "u")

Pölkkymies / woodchopper

"Pölkky" is a tree-stump or a chopping-block. "Pölkkymies" can be
translated as "Chopping-block man" or "woodchopper". A wood-chopper
harvested, chopped and sold wood used as fuel for heating houses and
steam engines. Since all farms had their own patch of forest and did
their own wood-chopping, professional woodchoppers were employed in
cities, factories and shipyards.


Että kuljen aina ojia pitkin / That I always walk along ditches

To "be in ditches" means that a girl has loose sexual morals. When a boy
is "walking along ditches" he is visiting this kinds of girls.


poikki henkselitkin / even my suspenders are snapped

The "broken suspenders" means that a boy "can't keep his pansts up" and
tries to have sexual relation with every available girl. This term is
uses as "You f*cked that ugly b*tch? Were your suspenders broken?".

(profanity filter bypass: replace first "*" with "u", and second "*" with "i")

kontinkantaja ämmä / hag carrying knapsack

"Carrying knapsack" means going from house to house, spreading rumours.

Background story: This song tells about Carolean figure dances. The last
of these dances were held in summer of 1939 since Soviet Union conquered
their lands and Caroleans were evacuated into west in in 1940. During
the evacuation the Carolean tribe was dispersed.

The narrator is a woodchopper, and since most professional woodcoppers
worked in Viipuria area ("Vyborg") so it is likely that the figure dances
were held at Viipuri.

That is, the it is likely that the song tells about "Viipurin Kižata"
dances held at 1939 or earlier.