#kaipaava

[psilocervidae]

Okay please ignore my incoherent Jmart ramblings. Or don't. Idk I'm not your mom, do what you want.

So today's irrational reason for me crying is because of a Finnish folk song? I sang it when I was a kid, (learned it in choir, it never left me) but I never properly bothered translating the text.

But uhhh yeah I'm singing the song again for a vocal competition, and I looked up the translation, and now I'm crying because my "3:00-A.M-On-A- Friday-Night-Scrambled-Egg" brain decided it has S4 Jonmartin vibes, and yeah.

So uhhh the song's called Kaipaava (Longing) and here's a rough translation of the text

"And without the moon or sun to shine, this world it is so dark,

and for the sake of one fair man my heart is troubled and sad.

You are fine like the grass on the meadow, I am lowly like the earth.

If you knew, my beloved, how much I miss you now,

I hope you would hasten back to me and not tarry on your way."

So uhh yeah that's that. The song is also one of the most haunting and beautiful things I've ever sung, so if you feel like it you can listen to my choir's recording on our Spotify and cry along at home.

[kuckie]

This song relaxes me and at the same time gives me energy... a weird energy, but it makes me do stuff... Sometimes I am a little bit blue, under the weather and stuff, and my brain recalls this song. It’s in Finnish. I remembered the group’s name (Rajaton) but couldn’t recall the name of the song. I heard this song around 2008. Why my brain decided it was the time to bring it back, I don’t know. I only remembered “sula rai-rai-rai, sula rallallei”, which apparently is “fa-la-la” in Finnish... I found the song with that. The lyrics are very nice. This is the English Translation:

“And without the moon or sun to shine, this world is so dark, With a fa la la and a fa la la, this world it is so dark. And for the sake of one fine boy my heart is troubled and sad, With a fa la la and a fa la la, my heart is troubled and sad. You are fine like the grass on the meadow, I am lowly like the earth, With a fa la la and a fa la la, I am lowly like the earth. Oh, if you knew, my beloved, how much I miss you now! For sure you would hasten back to me and not tarry on your way, With a fa la la and a fa la la, and not tarry on your way”

They have a lot of covers and originals, listen to them. You’ll feel like you’re inside a movie and an epic battle is about to happen. Or some mythological adventure is waiting for you.

[fraciel]

Rajaton - Kaipaava

I'll give this to you as a teaser of what our production of Anna-Liisa will be.

[just-a-minuet]

Day 8: Your least favorite song from your favorite band. Kaipaava -Rajaton

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMqRB35YTG4

I know that Rajaton is an ensemble, not a band, but still. I don't know why, but this song just doesn't do it for me.

[docholodeck]

Finland just has some rockin' tunes, man.

The Kaipaava is one of my favourite foreign-language songs, probably next toMeine Freundin War Im Komafrom Wir Sind Helden andLe Petit Voisonby Jeanne Cherhal.

The middle verse, where it goes, "Sinä hienoinen kuin heinä, minä matala niinkuin maa" means, "You are fine like the grass on a meadow, I am lowly like the earth".

[intotheday]

You are fine like the grass on the meadow, I am lowly like the earth.

Kaipaava - English Translation

[notafter]

You know how everyone has that one song which makes them feel emotions that they never knew they could feel, but they're afraid to show other people because they're afraid that other people just won't get it and will ruin it for them. Yeah, this is that song for me.