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Asa - Vaaranmaa (Land of Danger)

Land, both in the sense of the physical soil under his feet, and the country he lives in.    Routa hiljaista puhetta, tässä lepäilee  Ground frost (is) quiet speech, here rests Isät jäässä, jalat vaaranmaassa  Frozen fathers, feet in/on the land of danger Koivet kaupunkisotilaan kahlaamassa tien  Legs of the city soldier wading the way Lieju pintaa, vanhat nukkumassa pois  Silt covering, old ones sleeping away To sleep away = to pass away, to die Isäntä maan tiputti korvaani jyviä  Master of land dropped seeds into my ear "Isäntä" means the man of the house, a person who owns the land or the house. The female equivalent would be "emäntä". Maailman laului primitiivisen syviä  Primitively deep songs of the world Kotkan kuvast synty koski ja maa  Rapid and land were born out of a picture of an eagle Rapid aka white-water, a part of a stream that flows very fast. Sotkan munast tähdet taivaalle jaa  From the egg of a pochard divide the stars ...