A Finnish Summer Night [Finlandia] lyrics

Twin brides of light hold back the night so endless

Sun kissed, the moon in deepest scarlet dream

I find no sleep when beams

this summer fool on high

For gaze I must upon its radiant jewel

I find no peace, no rest to still awareness

Sweet rays of hope, calm now my searching soul

Strangest of light, which burns as day is dying

Wash o'er my soul that I may sleep secure

Most gentle nurse, long bringer of tranquility

Now bathes my eyes in nature's purest glow

And would these rays endure for all abiding

Still let them shine for all the world to see

My sun, my moon, my sisters of invention

Whose beads of light fall soft upon the mist

Take up thy brush up on this northern canvas

Come paint for me a Finnish summer night

Take up thy brush up on this northern canvas

Fashion for me a Finnish summer night