The nations search for treasure

And beasts rise from their tombs

Kings revel in triumph

All succumb to shadows in their own turn



The fish spawn, the birds nest

The roses bloom and wither away

The winds lash, the leaves decay

All deaden to ice, covered by snow



See beyond the secrets of space

The four bearers of heaven

Gaze in all directions

The four wise ones stand their ground

Call the stars that shine in their skies

Gaze in all directions



The rivers rush, the lakes they gleam

When summer yields to autumn's cold

Moments flee into oblivion

Fading to blue and turn into rime



The first cloaked in clement winds

The second with meadow-scented hair

The third who's cold and grey

The fourth who carries the snow away



Sing, the beginning of our songs

Spin an end to all our stories

Sing the beginning of our songs

And bring an end to all our stories

In Tuonela



See beyond the secrets of space

The four bearers of heaven

Gaze in all directions

The four wise ones stand their ground

Call the stars that shine in their skies

Gaze in all directions



Kings revel in triumph

All succumb to shadows in their own turn



Moments flee into oblivion

All succumb to shadows in their own turn