[Verse 1]
No man nor a god
With a sword he carved
With a feather he conjured
An instrument from the bone of fish
A kantele from the jaws of a pike

Sat on a golden rock
On a bank of a golden river
By the brink of golden falls
Under the golden sun

[Pre-Chorus 1]
The birds flew to the singer
The wildfowl from the open sea

[Chorus 1]
The fingers plucked the brightest chord
Tolled the fangs of a pike
The colours of rainbow lighted
Above the silent waters

[Post-Chorus 1]
Came forth the woodland creatures
The spirits great and small
The mistress and the master
Of Tapiola, forest folk
[Verse 2]
Behind a cloud of blue
The moon wove the strands of silver
On the edge of the cloud of red
The daylight gilded the cloth

The small fish in the shallows
The big ones under the surface
The king of waters, on the waves
The queen on an open sea

[Pre-Chorus 2]
From distant fens came the swans
An eagle from its heaven high

[Chorus 1]
The fingers plucked the brightest chord
Tolled the fangs of a pike
The colours of rainbow lighted
Above the silent waters

[Post-Chorus 1]
Came forth the woodland creatures
The spirits great and small
The mistress and the master
Of Tapiola, forest folk
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Each one comprehended and understood
Each one shed a tear, they wept and cried

[Chorus 2]
Each and every tear
Tears of everyone
All joined to flow
Into the silent waters

[Post-Chorus 2]
The golden stream of life
Carried the tears to the sea
To oceans’ deep keeps
The pearls were concealed