Tervaskanto

Järkälainem'mahtivaari
Talttumaton ikiurho
Korpehella katsastavi
Jänkäsellä jäkättävi.

Kaiken nähny, kaiken kuullu
Kaiken tiänny, kaiken tainnu
Paljov' viälä näkemättä
Kokematta, kuulematta.

Veripihkav' velloessa
Havukarvat verestyvät.

Oli kaiken nähny, kaiken kuullu, kaiken tiänny
Oli kaiken tainnu, kaiken nähny, kaiken kuullu
Oli kaiken tiänny, kaiken iannu, kaiken nähny
Oli kaiken kuullu, kaiken tiänny, kaiken tainnu.

Soat käyty viärehellä
Tappelukset takamailla
Nälkävuuet näkösällä.

Kaiken nähny, kaiken kuullu
Kaiken tiänny, kaiken tainnu
Paljov' viälä näkemättä
Kokematta, kuulematta.

Viäpi viälä vuasiaki
Kunnes kualo kannon kantaa.

Oli kaiken nähny, kaiken kuullu, kaiken tiänny
Oli kaiken tainnu, kaiken nähny, kaiken kuullu
Oli kaiken tiänny, kaiken iannu, kaiken nähny
Oli kaiken kuullu, kaiken tiänny, kaiken tainnu.

Yheksän yron ikeä
Vaariselta vahvimmalta
Juuret maassa routassessa
Vahvistavat ihojälttä.

[English translation:]

Resinous Stump

Great old man, steady as a rock
The eternal untamable hero
The guardian of the forests
Keeps his eye in the wetlands.

He has seen it all, he has heard it all
He knows it all, he is the master of ot all
But still he has a lot to see, to experience and to hear.

Resin-like blood in his veins
Hair like spruce needles.

He had seen it all, heard it all, known it all
He ha mastered it all, seen it all, heard it all
He had known it all, mastered it all, seen it all
He had heard it all, known it all, mastered it all.

He has seen the th was
The battles in his backyard
He saw the years of hunger
He lived through the famines.

He has seen it all, he has heard it all
He knows it all, he is the master of ot all
But still he has a lot to see, to experience and to hear.

It wil take many more years
Until the death carries the stump away.

He had seen it all, heard it all, known it all
He ha mastered it all, seen it all, heard it all
He had known it all, mastered it all, seen it all
He had heard it all, known it all, mastered it all.

The age of nine heroes
Has lived the old man
His roots in the frozen ground
Hardening his back skin.

He has seen it all, he has heard it all
He knows it all, he is the master of ot all
But still he has a lot to see, to experience and to hear.

He has seen it all, he has heard it all
He knows it all, he is the master of ot all
But still he has a lot to see, to experience and to hear.

He had seen it all, heard it all, known it all
He ha mastered it all, seen it all, heard it all
He had known it all, mastered it all, seen it all
He had heard it all, known it all, mastered it all.

[Korpiklaani note:
Tervaskanto is not just a stump of a tree, but also a metaphor for an experienced old man, who knows about all aspects of life. All around the Fenno-Ugric language area man has always associated himself with a tree. This can be seen in the significance of for example the wooden seitas of the Sami people or the sacred garden trees of the ancient Finns.]