MYTHRIAN - Väinämöisen Polvenhaava (Väinämöinen’s Wounded Knee) OFFICIAL VIDEO
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO of ‘Väinämöisen Polvenhaava’ (Väinämöinen’s Wounded Knee), an ancient Finnish runosong, performed by Mythrian.
English translation included in subtitles and below.
Arrangement & performance by Meiju Enho
Mixing & mastering by Samuel Ruotsalainen & Beat Domination Studios
Video by Pauli Souka
Translation by Otso Mäensivu
Melody and text: trad., melody dated back 1000-1500 years
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION
‘VÄINÄMÖINEN’S WOUNDED KNEE’ (trad., translation by Otso Mäensivu)
Väinämöinen old and trusty
magician of time eternal
carved his boat on a mountain
clanged it on a solid rock
From a stone the axe rebound
strike it did the poor boys knee
and so was the blood aflow
streams of red now overflowing
Left he did to seek and find it
clog to stop the blood from flooding
Went along the first road he found
arrived to the first house he came
Old man from the oven top speaks
grandfather under the quilt says
What sort of man does there tread?
Who on earth might be the hero?
I am the old Väinämöinen
magician of time eternal
carved mine boat on a mountain
clanged it on a solid rock
Left mine boat to seek and find it
clog to stop the blood from flowing
Old man answered from the oven top
grandfather beneath the blankets
I Can’t say nor do I know how
I Can’t say nor do I know how
Left he did to seek and find it
clog to stop the blood from flooding
Went along the middle road now
arrives to the middle house then
Old man from the oven top speaks
grandfather under the quilt says
What sort of man does there tread?
Who on earth might be the hero?
I am the old Väinämöinen
magician of time eternal
carved mine boat on a mountain
clanged it on a solid rock
From a stone the axe rebound
strike it did the poor boys knee
Left mine boat to seek and find it
clog to stop the blood from flowing
Old man answered from the oven top
grandfather beneath the blankets
I Can’t say nor do I know how
I Can’t say nor do I know how
Left he did to seek and find it
Clog to stop the blood from flooding
Went along the last road he found
arrive did he to the last house
Old man from the oven top speaks
grandfather under the quilt says
What sort of man does there tread?
Who on earth might be the hero?
I am the old Väinämöinen
magician of time eternal
carved mine boat on a mountain
clanged it on a solid rock
From a stone the axe rebound
strike it did the poor boys knee
and so was the blood aflow
streams of red now overflowing
Left mine boat to seek and find it
clog to stop the blood from flowing
Old man answered from the oven top
grandfather beneath the blankets
I can say it, I do know how
I can say it, I do know how
Words they do melt in mine mouth
More round than a hazel hen’s egg
Stronger than the ox’s head is
Stronger than the ox’s head is
So let life not hit the ground
nor the strength of men to touch grass
So did the blood stop from flowing
So did halt the stream of redness
So did the blood stop from flowing
So did halt the stream of redness
Translation Otso Mäensivu 2022
Copyright Mythrian 2022
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