Ensiferum

Vote Song
Finnish Medley Lyrics
Jo Karjalan kunnailla lehtii puu,
jo Karjalan koivikot tuuhettuu.
Kki kukkuu siell ja kevt on,
vie sinne mun kaihoni pohjaton.

Ma tunnen vaaras' ja vuoristovys'
ja kaskies' sauhut ja uinuvat ys'
ja synkkin metsies' aarniopuut
ja siintvt salmes' ja vuonojen suut.

Siell' usein matkani mrtin
lpi metsien kulki ja nreikkin,
Min seisoin vaaroilla paljain pin,
miss Karjalan kauniin eessin nin.

Terve, mets, terve, vuori,
terve, metsn ruhtinas!
Ts on poikas uljas, nuori;
esiin ky hn, voimaa tys,
kuin tuima tunturin tuuli.

Metsn poika tahdon olla,
sankar jylhn kuusiston,
Tapiolan vainiolla
karhun kanssa painii lyn
ja maailma Unholaan jkn.

Ihana on tll rauha,
urhea on taistelo:
myrsky ky ja mets pauhaa,
tulta iskee pitkinen
ja kuusi ryskyen kaatuu.

English:

The tree is blooming on the fields of Karelia
The Karelian birches are getting thicker
Your cockoo is cockooing and it is spring
Take my endless yearning there.

I feel your danger and your' mountain range.
and the smoke of your burnt land and your sleeping nights
and the primeval trees of your forest
and your looming inlets and the mounths of the fjords.

My journey is oft there without a goal
through forests went, bushes
I stood with a bare head on the hills
where I saw the beautiful Karelia ahead of me

Hello, forest, hello, mountain
Hello, the prince of the forest
Here is a noble boy, young
He comes forward, full of power
as the severe wind of the field

I want to be a son of the forest
hero of the gloomy spruce copse
on the fields of Tapiola
I wrestle with the bear
And the world shall be forgotten

The peace is here wonderful
Brave is the fighting
Storm is coming and forest thunders
The fire strikes long
and a spruce falls down loudly