Saapui hän keskelle hävityksen
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kylään ammoin niin rauhaisaan.
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Katot hehkuivat väreissä liekkien
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ja veri rakkaiden peitti maan.
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Vihan nostatti ja kiiri taivaisiin.
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Niin moni lieni jo tiellä tuonelaan
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vaan he viel' ei veisi häntä mukanaan.
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Vaik' joukkonsa hän kokosi liki lyödyistä,
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yksin raivonsa vavahdutti julmaa vastusta.
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Kai satakunta ruumista hän polki allensa,
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armoa ken sai kohtas' vain kirveen kaulalla.
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"Miekanterät vapauttakaa,
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kostuttakaa kylmää rautaa!
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Suokaa heille vihastanne,
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hukuttakaa hurmeen virtaan!"
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"Kilpien taa piiloutukaa,
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pelkurit jo perääntykää!
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Ohitsemme jos mielitte
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viimeinenkin hautaan saattakaa!"
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Harvatpa kertomaan säästyivät,
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siksi veri yltyi virtaamaan.
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Niin vain aika koitti myös sankarin
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kirjailtu miekka kourassaan
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(vaan mies taipumaton veljet rinnallaan
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tarustoissa elää ainiaan).
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[English translation:]
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[WARRIOR'S GRAVE]
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Amongst such ravage he arrived,
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to a village once so calm.
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Rooftops glowing the colours of flame
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and the blood of the beloved on the ground.
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Such anger did it raise to echo through all skies.
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To beyond so many may have travelled
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but not yet they were to take him along.
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'though gathering his forces from those nearly defeated,
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alone it was his rage that shook the cruel enemy.
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Hundreds of corpses he trampled underfoot,
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his axe on their necks as a display of mercy.
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"Blades of your swords shall be set free,
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iron so cold shall now redden!
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Grant them a glimpse of your hatred,
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drown them into the streams of gore!"
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"Behind your shields you shall now hide,
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all you cowards better flee!
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Should you past us desire to walk,
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our last man standing you must strike to the ground!"
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Very few were spared to tell this story,
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so immensely the blood took to flowing.
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And so the time of the warrior did come
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with an embroided blade in its hand
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(but a man unyielding with his brothers by his side
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as a legend he lives forever).
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Sankarihauta
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| Moonsorrow |
