Värttinä - Kylä vuotti uutta kuuta

[RockNebura]

Best song on the World.

[JJRage420]

This is beautiful music.

[oili2222]

Sehr schönes Lied, dass die finnische Volksmusik gut wiedergibt.

[onquingirl]

@EneriGiilaan thanks so much! I think your translation is probably really close to the actual thing. i never knew this was a wedding song. its a really beautiful song and i love singing it. i have been listening to Varttina since i was really little and now im 14 and i can sing a bunch of their songs. this song is my favorite. i dont even know Finnish i just kept singing along with the cd. i like singing in Finnish better than English. its just so fun.

[fivehouse100]

I've found the same (almost) melody, but under another title.

Here: youtube.com/watch?v=2BdudBJbyb­c

The found one is from Krimea and I suppose it is old. Any ideas?

Thnks.

[kefeli72]

Hi.

Here is some melody but of the KARAIM (Karaitic) folk song LEBLEBICI.

Fantastic!!!!

youtube.com/watch?v=2BdudBJbyb­c

[ralphyboy25]

I recently attended a wedding, and while sitting there waiting for the festivities to unfold, this song was playing over and over again, in my head.

I think, going forward, I will forever have it engraved in mind, as 'the wedding song'.

[onquingirl]

There aren't words that can describe how amazing this song is.

[EneriGiilaan]

@onquingirl As promised here is my translation attempt. Please note that in order to get all (or most) of the nuances right the translator should be a professional poet with the target language as his/hers native tongue - and I'm neither.

This is a wedding song - the sister of the bridegroom welcomes her new sister in law.

YT will probably mangle format - so I use '/' as a line separator and '::' at the end of each stanza. The 5th stanza is in the CD version but missing from this live arr.

[EneriGiilaan]

@onquingirl Part4. Bend your young neck,/ Like the fresh top of a bird-cherry./ Or like the new growth of a juniper,/ Or like the new growth of a juniper.:: Village waited for the new moon,/ World waited for the sun rise./ But I waited for my sister in law,/ But I waited for my sister in law./ But I waited for my sister in law,/ But I waited for my sister in law.::

[EneriGiilaan]

@onquingirl Part3.

Who during this moment walks around,/

Who during this moment walks around./

For the brother to return alone,/

For the brother to return alone.::

Surely didn't brother return empty handed,/

Surely didn't brother return empty handed./

And didn't the steed run in vain,/

And didn't the steed run in vain.::

[EneriGiilaan]

@onquingirl Part2.

Stamp foot on the stairs,/

Another one on the threshold./

Pace with goose steps,/

Tap with teal feet.::

Bend your young neck,/

Like the fresh top of a bird-cherry./

Or like the new growth of the juniper,/

Or like the new growth of the juniper.::

[EneriGiilaan]

@onquingirl Part1.

Village waited for the new moon,/

World waited for the sun rise./

But I waited for my sister in law,/

But I waited for my sister in law.::

Rise mallard from sculling,/

Rise mallard from sculling./

Rise without raising,/

Ascend without ascending.::

[taralicious]

Sublime.exquisite. All three women have voices which you could justifiably lash yourself to a mast and plug your ears with sealing wax to avoid falling under their spell and drowning yourself.

[kamisamuur01]

É uma canção muito bonita ...gostaria de saber a letra dela, é uma pena porque eu não encontrei nada sobre ela ...

It is a very nice song ... like to know her handwriting, it is a shame because I found nothing about it ...

[akasektor]

youtube.com/watch?v=a2vNtT2NE7­w

[Startwister]

I heard this song once on german radio and was searching for some 7 or 8 years, till I found the CD Seleniko somewhere in Munich.

A most beautiful song!

Isn´t this a wedding song?

[ILoveMacca100]

My mom has a cd of scandanaven music with this song and I keept on pressing the re-play botton on it. I just love it.

[fredericfranc]

...my frustration with not understaning the Finnish language is such that I want to pound my head against a hard surface until the brain flows out...you want to understand this in the positive way...do these people have DVD's on the American market?...have they ever toured here?

[EneriGiilaan]

@fredericfranc Most of their better quality material here in YT is from their 20th anniversary DVD 'Archive Live'. It used to be available in Amazon - but they seem to be out of stock at least momentarily.

AFAIK the last time they toured in the North America was in 2007 - there are some Link TV material in the YT from that and earlier tours. This is from 2001:

watch?v=l_Jt5Uhw_6Y

[Viczable]

I love the way Finish language sounds, even when i listen to it i don't understand i single word, the accent sounds like Hungarian.

[rakkipallo]

this is singing.its shame that today music is nothing but massproduct carbage:(

[aauskalo]

1 word: awesome!

[ZiddanSleaze]

åh, helsike, man blir ju ställd av Mari's röst... samt så for man ju bilder framför sig av nordens sköna geografi... :) .

[TheSvartHelvete]

this is one of my favourite varttina songs. and the video is fantastic!

[psychobollox]

beautiful.

just beautiful.

doesn't get much better than this.

[sillfrein]

@psychobollox

Well said.

[Howrsed74]

I just started listening to Värttinä, Mari is my favorite, and I prefer the older songs but this song is beautiful!

[jysluggo]

I am in love with Mari Kassinen. I want to meet her one day.

[scandawarrior]

Quiet possibly my favorite Varttina song, and thats a tuff choice. Every time I hear this song I think about those long peaceful January night runs in Minnesota and Iowa.

[pushmss]

Somebody have chords or tabs for that ?

[LEVENT581207]

LOVED IT, GREETINGS FROM CYPRUS...

[Aizkorri123]

Thank you very much, Freyjakasi1

[HotLittleComet]

This is one of my favorite all time songs. It fills me with good feelings every time I hear it.

[Aizkorri123]

Can anybody translate this songs lyrics? Is as sad at it seems?

[Freyjakasi1]

@Aizkorri123 This is a wedding song sung by the sister of the groom. All the words are listed on the Seelinnikoi inside CD booklet. It is a sad song. Bittersweet.

I also fell in love with this music and went out to the record store and bought the CD immediately after hearing it! I was even more intrigued when i found out that many of their songs on based on ancient Runesongs from the Kalevala. It is so great to see it here on youtube!

[NikkiJescTR]

I love Finnish folk!

Mari Kaasinen's voice is amazing,and she is very pretty.

[Lavagetass]

1:20 incredible

[cornemusa]

I think that Mari is quite pretty--and this song is a gem.

[Chomuno]

She's ugly, but with the ugliness of all the great folk singers, who deliver a strong message with a strong voice, and break their original beauty out.

Love to every stranger that passes.

[tpmm1]

Ugly? That is a strong thing to say!

I don't agree with that.. Beauty is much more than Barbie-looks. For me beauty can be determined in a split second.

[Chomuno]

No, I find her ugly, but I think her music skill makes me do forget her powerful facial traits.

I assume I do prefer the old Värttinä!

[elcyk1]

Coś pięknego słucham tego wkółko 2 godziny!!!

[flyArea52]

evrytime I hear this song I simply melting,and my heart opens up

[Flylittle]

Varttina is the perfect mix of tradition and innovation. A dream where the ancient tunes coexist with modern music. I absolutly love them !!

And this song particularly is very special for me because it was the first one I heard of them. It´s so beautiful and moving... Really lovely and full of emotion.

If you can see them performing live you won´t regret it, they´re just amazing.

[Morit0]

This is absolutely mi favourite song!

[officialMAsha]

This version sounds better than the one I have from the Nordic Roots2 disc

[Finnmaiden]

Ihana kipale <3

[ariadneke]

I have to sing this ^^

[verrejoputa]

I love this song. makes me cry.

[hnikarrronaldsson]

wonderful voices, one of my favorites

[MisLuck]

Why don't you BUY this song from net if you want it? Or the whole album? These girls are awesome and deserve payment from their job.

[cordellguitar]

Hi,

this is my favourite Varttina song...I have some albums and the dvd...but this is which i prefer most

[Merseyrock]

I have the CD with the studio version of this song. Such a beautiful tune! I treasure it in my heart along with the memory of a lovely Finnish girl that I met years ago, as a freshman in college...

[ichjetze]

One of my favourite songs!

Such marvelous voices!!!

[moominpic]

I saw the girls do this live in Glasgow years ago. I can still feel the chills down the back of my neck.

[saltpojken]

na i heard u aren't supposed do use dc++, but i tried limewire but when i got it downloaded, my windows media player didnt "support" the song

[saltpojken]

where can i donwload this??

[ri5matok]

dc++

maybe

[ri5matok]

WOW...

VOICE...AMAZING....

[madsanta]

Wow. Beautiful. =]

Just became one of my favourites.

[vonMoltke1870]

Wonderful. The song that made me fall in love with Finnish folk musik. And with Värttinä, of course.

A dream of love.

[patrol750]

Mari has such an impressive voice....

[EneriGiilaan]

@patrol750 I agree 101%.

They all have actually - different but all as impressive. And still they sound incredible in unison also.

I think good solo examples are 'Tuulen tunto' by Johanna and 'Maahinen neito' by Susan, but there are others. Also Sirpa Reiman was very good, 'Meri' and 'Uskottu ei uupuvani' comes to mind - the CD-versions - YT distortion just doesn't do justice for the true voice quality. And of course 'Milja' by Mari is incredibly beautiful (once again, specially the CD sound).

[EneriGiilaan]

@EneriGiilaan Talking to myself. I'm afraid I used a musical term wrongly - as what they normally do when singing together is not technically 'unison' but 'close harmony', something that is trad in Fenno-Ugric music but not in Western. That is why it sometimes sounds like a (slight) dissonance. But it is a carefully controlled dissonance and actually sounds just awesomely good.

[ralphyboy25]

@EneriGiilaan They use that "carefully controlled dissonance" to wonderful effect on the song Oi dai . The first time hearing it, I thought the sounds I was hearing were artificially created. Probably because I am so accustomed to hear synthesized or digitally altered singing in much of today's music. It would be great if more singers would hone their singing skills and explore using this technique in their music.

[EneriGiilaan]

@ralphyboy25 Yes that is one excellent example. I don't know whether you mean the live TV version of which there is a vid in YT or the original CD version from the beginning of 90's. But doesn't matter both will do. The modern version is perhaps more polished but the five piece vocal section in the original just adds its own special character - so both are great IMO.

[BeekillerJohanna]

Beautiful song, one of my favourites. You know, I think I read somewhere that it's about a village waiting for a young man to return home after fetching a bride for himself and hoping he won't come back empty handed.

[neskapitufa]

i love it...

[mazelxxx]

Awesome voices..this is the voice of Northen europe! 5 stars

[shaleasa1]

The music is Gorgeus.....I CANT BELIEVE IT IS HERE ON YOUTUBE!!! Love it!

[Binnacik]

this one is absolutely excellent...

[RarisaChan]

does anyone know the title of the snake charm song?

[RuskeaKettu]

"Äijö," perhaps?

[TahniMara]

definately Äijö. my favorite ever <3

[jetsque]

could it be Riena? the translation on värttinäs website says something about snakes?

[mattozan]

My god i love this song...

[happypenguin25]

I wish I could sing this to my brother Pentti. He would have liked it. But, life doesnt work that way.

[OndraVanda]

Perfection itself.

[NiiloGrabbe]

Does anyone have song called "niin korkea oli taivas" by Mari Kaasinen? I Found two covers here in youtube but not her version...

[ATokyoite]

NiiloGrabbe, sorry but I only have a physical copy of this song as it is track #1 on her cd from 1998 called "Emo". I agree, it is a nice song. Actually I am looking for an online/free version of the Varttina song "Pojaton". Incidentally, what do you think of Sari Kaasinen's song "Surunpaivia" (also from the "Emo" cd, track #8)?

[23Brooke23]

I am shocked and thrilled to find this on youtube. This has been one of my favorite songs for years and to hear and see it live is such a gift!

[lovessams]

Ruth McKenzie does a beautiful version of this in English. It's a wonderful song in either language!

[saltpojken]

Hi, i just wonder, What shall i search for to find the Ruth Mckenzie's english version of the värttinä song - kylä voutti uutta kuuta

[ri5matok]

great.........

[zombiesoiree]

What a voice!!!

[bobsolderbrother]

Truly amazing, celestial in its presentation

and harmony Wow and Wow! Love that sound.

[froggiesammakko]

A agree. Thank you for bringing the good old feelings:-) Love this song. Shivers...

[rghm]

Takes my breath away! I've loved this song for years. So glad to see a performance. Thanks so much!

[KordelShorgar]

Someone knows a site with translations of their songs?, Would be apreciate it.

[Kossigoran]

go to their website :D

[ATokyoite]

Also wondering if anyone has anything by Sari Kaasinen (former Varttina member that went solo), particularly from the album "EMO"? I likttle the song "SURUNPAIVIA" from that album.

[ATokyoite]

Does anyone have the song "POJATON" that they could post here? Apart from "AIJO," that is my favorite Varttina song by far. Would appreciate it.

[BeekillerJohanna]

Pity that I don't have a video of Pojaton, because it's also one of my Värttinä favourites. :( I like it eventhough the lyrics of the song are so full of pain that I'm sometimes actually scared of listening to it.

[ATokyoite]

Terve, Beekiller Johanna! Mita kuuluu? Mina olen amerikalainen, mutta asun Tokyossa ja halaisin opiskella suomenkielta. Hope that's right? I'm American, but living in Tokyo and would like to learn Finnish. I cannot understand POJATON - Finnish too complex, but it is a beautiful song! I'm looking for a Finn in Tokyo to teach me Finnish at a "reasonable" rate (or Eesti in Tokyo for Estonian). Kiitoksia.

[Nyangao]

One of my all time faves, any category.

[el2dam0]

I abs love this song, it's just so flippin amazing

[faltzes]

Esta cancion es preciosa!!!

[sitegirisi]

Very nice..She really feels the song....

[arhuku]

I just love this one! Terveisin Puolasta!