Järkälainem'mahtivaari, 

talttumaton ikiurho, 

korpehella katsastavi, 

Jänkäsellä jäkättävi. 


Kaiken nähny, kaiken kuullu, 

kaiken tiänny, kaiken tainnu, 

paljov' viälä näkemättä 

kokematta, kuulematta. 


Veripihkav' velloessa 

havukarvat verestyvät, 


oli kaiken nähny, kaiken kuullu, kaiken tiänny, 

oli kaiken tainnu, kaiken nähny, kaiken kuullu, 

oli kaiken tiänny, kaiken iannu, kaiken nähny, 

oli kaiken kuullu, kaiken tiänny, kaiken tainnu. 


Soat käyty viärehellä, 

tappelukset takamailla, 

nälkävuuet näkösällä 


Kaiken nähny, kaiken kuullu, 

kaiken tiänny, kaiken tainnu, 

paljov' viälä näkemättä 

kokematta, kuulematta. 


Viäpi viälä vuasiaki, 

kunnes kualo kannon kantaa 


oli kaiken nähny, kaiken kuullu, kaiken tiänny, 

oli kaiken tainnu, kaiken nähny, kaiken kuullu, 

oli kaiken tiänny, kaiken iannu, kaiken nähny, 

oli kaiken kuullu, kaiken tiänny, kaiken tainnu. 


Yheksän yron ikeä, 

vaariselta vahvimmalta. 

Juuret maassa routassessa 

vahvistavat ihojälttä 


ENGLISH TRANSLATION

 

Resinous Stump 


Great old man, steady as a rock 

The eternal untamable hero. 

The guardian of the forests. 

Keeps his eye in the wetlands. 


He has seen it all, he has heard it all. 

He knows it all, he is the master of ot all. 

But still he has a lot to see, to experience and to hear 


Resin-like blood in his veins. 

Hair like spruce needles. 


He had seen it all, heard it all, known it all. 

He ha mastered it all, seen it all, heard it all. 

He had known it all, mastered it all, seen it all. 

He had heard it all, known it all, mastered it all. 


He has seen the th was. 

The battles in his backyard. 

He saw the years of hunger. 

He lived through the famines. 


He has seen it all, he has heard it all. 

He knows it all, he is the master of ot all. 

But still he has a lot to see, to experience and to hear 


It wil take many more years 

until the death carries the stump away. 


He had seen it all, heard it all, known it all. 

He ha mastered it all, seen it all, heard it all. 

He had known it all, mastered it all, seen it all. 

He had heard it all, known it all, mastered it all. 


The age of nine heroes. 

Has lived the old man. 

His roots in the frozen ground. 

Hardening his back skin 


He has seen it all, he has heard it all. 

He knows it all, he is the master of ot all. 

But still he has a lot to see, to experience and to hear 


He has seen it all, he has heard it all. 

He knows it all, he is the master of ot all. 

But still he has a lot to see, to experience and to hear 


He had seen it all, heard it all, known it all. 

He ha mastered it all, seen it all, heard it all. 

He had known it all, mastered it all, seen it all. 

He had heard it all, known it all, mastered it all