The Unevolved Psyche

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Finland, behold, your day has now come dawning;
Banished is night, its menace gone with light,
Larks' song again in morning-brightness ringing,
Filling the air to heaven's great height,
And morning's glow, night's darkness overcoming;
Your day is come, o my native land.

O Finland, rise, stand proud, the future facing,
Your valiant deeds recalling, once again;
O Finland rise, in the world's sight erasing
From your fair brows vile slavery's stain.
You were not broken by oppressors ruling;
Your morn has come, o my native land.

18. Finlandia
(Sibelius - Koskenniemi; English lyrics by J. Mark Sugars and Frank Petersohn) English lyrics by J. Mark Sugars and Frank Petersohn) Tarja closes the circle here with style, if I may say so. But poor Sibelius would have a spinning contest with Luther (see the track 7 of cd 3) in his grave if he heard this arrangement of mine. The translation looks pretty loyal to the original to my eye. --Jore I didn’t recognize this as Sibelius’s Finlandia - so it must be a radically different arrangement - but it’s good that he can have a spinning contest with Luther - it will give them something to do in boring eternity. Tarja sounds sad. This reminds me of The Winter War. --Davy