ANCESTORS BLOOD LYRICS

1. Descension

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2. The Way Of The Spirits

The gift of speech I do not posses
only the words of confusion shall be revealed

sun and nature
father and mother of us all
respect for family
respect for nature

cleanliness of mind and body
celebration of the harmony
between nature and humanity

(being the power that infuses
the universe and everything in it)
how can ever be repayed the greatest gift...

only efforts through expanding
present day awareness
humble (not servile)
discipline
respect
love...
to live a good life in harmony
with great nature

3. Autumn (Metsäpirtti Part II)

Farewell of the summer
longing for separation and tears of the rain
restless mind calms
I am humbly grateful
clear sky has fallen a step lower
feeling is more cosy
there's safety in autumn
soft autumn twilight

after frosty night I find the sun from soil
maple's golden skirt has fallen under the tree
illuminating the black soil

blaze of Ruska colouring still it's sheathing
before the arrival of Marras
(it is time to rest and calm down)

4. Elegies

Piercing flesh with a sound of twinge
cries of death was sung and so begins the washing of body
wash away the earthly filth so that the departed
may be as while as a swan
dressed in white clothes and carried home
dignity your speeches and cries
for those who are dead still hear them

may wailer cry for the dead
wake
a great feast combined tales of life
singing and prayers for the dead before the great journey
cry for the dead wailer but no disturbance of peace at night

take greetings to the underworld
tell your stories of life...

5. Hyperborea

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6. Rite Of Passage

War or death
birth or marriage
rite of passage
the dead will listen before burial
lamentations begin before funeral

the body of a sinless white
wishing reincarnation as a swan

called as a living body
kept in the cabin on the board for two days
talked and sang
weeper sitting on a stool at the head of the body
and to keep the cloth in hands
sometimes with eyes
sometimes in front of the mouth
wondering of the deceased to live and remain in silence
dressed in white for departure
wake up cry begins at midnight
pondering why the deceased doesn't rise
lamentations for the coffin maker
what is created can only
lead to one assumption... death

on the third day saying goodbyes to the dead
the coffin was raised and all the chairs
in the house were repealed

funeral cries with hopes of a ease for the spirit to rise
no stones
just leaves on top and a small
hole from the surface to the coffin
so that the spirit may have passage

after the burial weepers come and look for the dead
behind the shed
in the woods
then look for inside a house
perhaps arrived as a bird to home before others
no more cries on the funeral meal...

7. Funeral Rite

To request purification and renewal
is to purify complety

to genuinely accept all things in nature manifested
on our ''earth jewel'' where soul,
life
spirit and mind are tied
removing temporary clothes stained
with dirt and impurity

the sun the highest being
divine nature and your ancestors
the vertical line
foundation of prosperity
knowledge passes down to successive generations

I respectfully pray to the generations
and generations of my ancestors,
and specially to the spirit of...

I present these offerings and prayers
with humulity and reverence
I beseech you to accept these offerings
that I present with heart felt gratitude for the multitude
of blessings that have been bestowed on me

Humbly
I ask that you impact to me your venerable teachings
for living with sincerity
... I offer this prayer in humility and in reverence...

8. Ascension

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ANCESTORS BLOOD LYRICS