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En keksi sanaa

from Kotiinpaluu by Nikolai Blad

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lyrics

4. En keksi sanaa, I cannot invent the word
text&music: Nikolai Blad
(translation below)

En keksi sanaa jolla metsä kesytetään
Paju kasvaa pellon laidassa
ja puhuu perunoille

Kun syön ne syksyllä
peittää silmäni vihreä kalvo
kuin pajunkuori
josta tehtiin pilli

Aukoista näen
metsän väkeä
aina omilla paikoillaan,
Oksiltaan ja mättäiltään
ne katsovat kuin lapset minua
setä on eksynyt
setä ei tiedä olevansa kotona

En keksi sanaa jolla metsä kesytetään

enkä tunne
viheltelevää pikkuväkeä
omalla polullani

kerran hain
metsästä suojaa
nyt kaipaan
kadunvieren turvaa,
pitkänaamaista kerjäläistä,
kruunaa ja klaavaa
ojennetussa kourassaan
ja sormia jotka punovat koria
täynnä perunoita
ja puheensorinaa
perunoita
ja puheensorinaa

I cannot find the word

I cannot find the word to tame the forest
A willow grows at the edge of the field
and speaks to the potatoes
When I eat them in the fall
my eyes are covered with green film
like willow bark
made into a whistle
Through the openings I see
forest dwellers
always at their own positions
From their branches and hummocks
they consider me like kids
Uncle is lost
Uncle does not know he is at home

I cannot find the word to tame the forest

And I do not recognize
the little creatures whistling
on my path
once I looked for a shelter
from the forest
now I miss
the street side safety
a long-faced beggar,
heads and tails
in a streched out hand
and fingers that weave a basket
full of potatoes
and chatter
potatoes
and chatter

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from Kotiinpaluu, released May 12, 2017

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Nikolai Blad Finland

Nikolai Blad, born in 1963 in Tampere, Finland, is one of the Finnish singer-songwriters. He has released three solo EP:s and five CDs and they have got good reviews. Who have seen him alive on stage can't just ignore this man. A proof of his talent was the first prize at the Kaustinen Unaccompanied Folksong Contest 1993.
Nikolai sang folksongs, Donovan etc at 6 and grasped the guitar at 8. ... more

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