Ägräs
Guest on Tue, 09/15/2009 - 22:03Ägräs
Siellä Saatana kelloa soitti
Vaskirumpua piru pieksi
Syötyänsä lihaa Jumalan
Pieneksi kasvoi miesi
Sain hetken katsoin
silmiin elämää
Repi tyhjäks jätti pimeään
Suolainen on kyynel
On veri sakeaa
Siis verta sielumme näin janoaa
Ägräs
Missä pimeä valkeuden voitti
Sammutti valon elämän
Syötyänsä lihaa Jumalan
Nähtyänsä auringon
Ägräs
There Satan rang the bell
The devil beat the drum [Vaskirumpu: a light instrument, comp tool. Mentioned in the bible.]
After eating the meat of God
The man grew small
I got a moment, looked
life in the eyes
Teared it empty, left in the darkness
The tear’s salty
The blood’s thick
So our soul graves for blood
Ägräs
Where the darkness won the light
Extinguished the light of life
After eating the meat of God
After seeing the sun
[Ägräs or ekres was a miscellaneous sprite of vegetation that made the land productive. Ägräs was especially a protector of the root vegetables and double turnip was his/her badge. Finding a double turnip brought good luck, fertility and success.]
Author's comment: I had no idea what Ägräs or vaskirumpu were till I started to translate this. So, there you go; you learn something everyday.
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