He paves a new way
over the bones of our fathers
Harvests time after time
a new crop from the fields of blood
Old man of death1, bowfinger,
frizzly snout, horned head, weaver of the black night
black tooth, hairy tail
Eternal weaver
of the bronze net of the river of death2
Nobody notices the night
in the middle of darkness
Nobody notices the night
Nobody cares
An uglier plaque, a more treacherous trader3
In his cold arms cradled a human child
The old (man) devil4 gains victory over the world
In his cold arms put to sleep a human child
In this arms sleeping children
and the whole of people sleeps
A promise to5 our world
that he'll be carrying it forever
A cry for help is a drop in the ocean
A prayer is a drop of blood in blood
Run away, and what you leave behind
will soon be faced in front of you
Nobody notices...
1. or 'the under- / netherworld'2. some of these terms might refer to the Kalevala, but unfortunately I'm not familiar with it (yet), so I can't tell for sure3. or 'shop owner'4. 'Ukko' and 'Perkele' are names for the high god in Finnish mythology; nowadays 'ukko' means 'old man' or 'oldster' mainly, while 'perkele' is used as a swear word when cursing5. lit.: 'it promises'