Teavsttat - Lyrics
1. Vájaldettiin
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
De vuolggán guhkás akto vánddardit jo mun
Dál jorgalkeahttá ovddos geahčadan
In ozus, in mun vuordde gávdnat maidege
In áiggi čuovo inge luottaid ge
De lean dál máŋga jagiid gažadan jo mun
Gal jahkelogešloahpas vástida
In bala, in mun divtte bárttiid balddihit
Go dieđán áigi boahtá ráđiinis
Vájaldettiin mun
Álo iežan veagas
Rievddan guhkkelii
Álo iežan veagas
Váibmun čuovuha
Váimmu čuovvulan
1. Paving paths
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
I set out alone on a long journey,
without looking back
I search for nothing, expect nothing
Following neither time nor footsteps.
For years I have been questioning
Now I trust the coming decade to bring answers
I do not fear, no hardship can frighten me
For counsel will be brought with time.
I am paving paths
Always with my strength.
I drift further and further,
yet still with my strength.
My heart draws me onward
and I remain true to where it leads me
2. Sudno šaldi
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composer: Emma E. O. V & Georg B.
Ráhkisvuođa nanu čuolbma
Čavgadit čatnon lea
Alo mieđušta dan guovtto
Eallima báruid čađa
Sudno šaldi ii šat doallan
Go dan mearas dálkkáskii
Visot muittut fáhkka jávkan
Meara sevdnjes čiekŋalii
Go skábma ijain
Mun dárbbašan čuovgga
Go galbma biekkain
Dárbbašan lieggasa
Go moraš dillin
Dárbbašan lagasvuođa
Muhto jus mus ii mihkke
Mus lea buot, jus don bisut
Bálddas
Bálddas
Go soai dal goabbatge gáttis
Go buot biekkat leat lodjen
Ain buot siskkimusa riđut
Visot jáhkuid rievdadan
Oktavuohta livčče bisson
Vaikko bálgat earránan
Ráhkisvuođa nanu čuolbma
Čavgadit čatnon lea
2. The bond between them
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composer: Emma E. O. V & Georg B.
The bond of love
Tightly bound together
Carries their hearts as one
Through the waves of life
Yet their bridge could not withstand
the storms that were set free
Suddenly, their memories slipped away
to rest in the deep shadowed sea
Through the polar nights
I´m in need of light
When cold winds are blowing
I´m in need of warmth
In sorrowful moments
I yearn for closeness
But should all be lost
I have it all, if you stay
By my side
By my side
Now they´ve drifted to separate shores
as the winds have settled down
Still, their storms within
have shaken their faith
Their connection could have lasted
though their paths split apart
The unbreakable bond of love
remains tightly bound together
3. Ipmášiid imáštan
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
Čázit álo geasuhan mu
Imaštalan mii báruid de vuohttu
Čázit álo geasuhan mu
gierragis govddoda
Mierkkát álo geasuhan mu
Imaštalan mii balvvaid de deaddá
Mierkkát álo geasuhan mu
Arvi lea badjánan
Ná lávdet iežan jurdagat
Ná lávdet jearaldagat fal
Návddašan
Luonddu ipmašiid
Ája álo geasuhan mu
Imaštalan mii fámuid de lokte
Ája álohii geasuhan mu
Čázi duolddaha
Ná lávdet iežan jurdagat
Ná lávdet jearaldagat fal
Návddašan
Luonddu ipmašiid
3. Wondering wonders
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
I´ve always been drawn to the waters
Wondering who moves the waves
I´ve always been drawn to the waters
Floating on the surface
I´ve always been drawn to the mist
Wondering who pulls the clouds down
I´ve always been drawn to the mist
The rain has risen
My thoughts drift away
My questions unfold
I´m enjoying
The wonders of nature
I´ve always been drawn to the spring waters
Wondering who pushes it upward
I´ve always been drawn to the spring waters
The cold, boiling waters
My thoughts drift away
My questions unfold
I´m enjoying
The wonders of nature
4. Oskildit
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
Divttat go mu gávdnat oadjebasvuođa dus?
Don oadjebasvuođa gávnnat mus
Iežan jurdagiid ja dovdduidan duinna juogadan
Iežan váimmu du gihtii oskkildan
Muhto go moai dás bálddalaga
Mun váillahan du
Váillahan du
Suovašit go lahka?
Rabašit go don sielut?
Muittát go don vuosttaš háve go dutnje muitalin?
Mun han lean das, dan mun lohpidin
Luoittát go dan lagasvuođa maid dálle gávnnaime?
Ii go mearkkašan dutnje maidege?
Suovašit go lahka?
Rabašit go don sielut?
Mun sorrojin du čuolmmaide,
čanastagat máid in nagot čoavdit
Dál dus visot čovdosat
ja mus váilot iežan ráfi čoavdagat
Suovašit go láhka
Rabašit go don sielut?
4. Trust
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
Will you let me feel safe with you?
You can find safety in me
I share my thoughts and feelings with you
With trust, I place my heart in your hands
Yet when we´re side by side,
I miss you
I miss you
Will you let me come closer?
Do you dare to open your soul?
Do you remember the first time I told you?
I’m here for you, that was my promise.
Did you let go of the closeness we once shared?
Did it mean nothing to you?
Will you let me come closer?
Do you dare to open your soul?
I lost myself in your tangles,
caught in ties I can’t break free from
Now you hold all the solutions
and I am left behind, without the key to my peace
Will you let me come closer?
Do you dare to open your soul?
5. Bovtte mu
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
Bovtte mu
Bovtte
Botke muittuid
In muitte du čalmmiid
Muhto muittán du geahčestaga
In muitte du sánit
Muhto muittán du čuoččuhusa
In muitte du hámi
Muhto muittán du lihkastagaid
In muitte du jiena
Muhto muittán du huikkastaga
Manne doaivvun gunaid hillan rievdat?
Doaivvungo sáddo čáhcin šaddat?
Manne doaivvun du áiggi mielde rievdat
go du johka ii goasse gallán?
Ealaskas lea luohpan
Ivnnit leat guvggodan
čiŋahat ja čábbudat
Duohtavuođa čiegadat
In muitte du gieđaid
Muhto muittán du gaikkehemiid
In muitte du
Muhto muittán mot dorggiidin
Manne doaivvun gunaid hillan rievdat?
Doaivvungo sáddo čáhcin šaddat?
Manne doaivvun du áiggi mielde rievdat
go du johka ii goasse gallán?
Ealaskas lea luohpan
Ivnnit leat guvggodan
Čiŋahat ja čábbudat
Duohtavuođa čiegadat
Ealaskas lea luohpan
Ivnnit leat guvggodan
Duohtavuođa čiegadan
Dál niegus vánddardan
5. Break the cycle
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
Wake me up
Wake me
Cut ties with the memories
I don't remember your eyes
but I remember your gaze
I don't remember your words
but I remember your meaning
I don't remember your shape
but I remember your movements
I don't remember your voice
but I remember your shouting
Why do I believe ashes can turn into embers?
Do I think that sand can turn into water?
Why do I believe you will change with time
When your river never gets enough
Joys of life have faded
Colors have withered
You decorate and gild,
while hiding the truth
I don't remember your hands
but I remember your grip
I don't remember you,
but I remember the chills down my spine
Why do I believe ashes can turn into embers?
Do I think that sand can turn into water?
Why do I believe you will change with time
when your river never stops taking
Joys of life have faded
Colors have withered
You decorate and gild,
while hiding the truth.
Joys of life have faded,
colors have withered
I´m hiding the truth
Now wandering in a dream
6. Váili
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
Váilu vástádus
Váili, váili
Valjit váidalusat
Valjit, valjit
Váillahan vuordit
Vuoigŋat
Viehkalan, viehkalan
Viehkalan, viehkalan
Viehkalan, viehkalan
Viegan
6. Missing
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
An answer is missing
Missing, missing
A compelling complaint
Growing, growing
I miss waiting
Breathing
I run away, I run away
I run away, I run away
I run away, I run away
Running
7. Cuvkejuvvon Lásehelmmot
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
Cuvkejuvvon lásehelmmot
Bieđggus miehta
Čihkkojuvvon seavdnjadassii
Visot lea rievdan
Jearat mot mánná muhto it duđa vástádussii
Jearat mot mánná muhto it duđa vástádussii
Geahččalit fas čohkket rašes
Čábbodaga
Vajalduvvon divrras árbi
Vuođđu ain seamma
Jearat mot mánná muhto it duđa vástádussii
Jearat mot mánná muhto it duđa vástádussii
Ovddešáiggi baháid jávohuhttit
Olgguldasa hervet ivnniin mat báhcán
Ain dološ máhtus eanemus árvu
Vuođu ferte hukset ovdal go čiŋahat
Áiggi mielde bárut biekkat
Čiegaid jalgedit
Ođđa álggu niegadit mii
Dan mii vuorddašit
Jearat mot mánná muhto it duđa vástádussii
Jearat ja jearat muhto it duđa vástádussii
7. Broken Glass Pearls
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
Shattered glasspearls
Scattered far and wide
swallowed by the dark
all seems gone
You ask how I am, yet my answer does not please you
You ask how I am, yet my answer does not please you
Our struggles carry
the fragile beauty
of a forgotten, precious legacy
that still holds
You ask how I am, yet my answer does not please you
You ask how I am, yet my answer does not please you
The wrongs of the past lie quiet
The surface is gleaming, with remainders.
Still, ancient knowledge keeps its weight.
care for the core, before you decorate it
With time, the wind and waves
will soften the edges
We dream of a new beginning
and for that, we wait
You ask how I am, yet my answer does not please you
You ask and ask, yet my answer does not please you
8. Sielu suola
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
Ale divtte jurdaga suoláduvvot sutnje gi ii jurddaš du birra
Ale divtte oainnut suoláduvvot sutnje gii ii oainne du
Oahpa dovdat iežat čiekŋaleamos jiena
Oahpa dovdat iežat rájiid
Oahpa dovdat goas it mieđa
Son ii oainne, son ii beroš
Son ii oainne go čuoččut
Son ii gula, son ii beroš
Son ii gula go muitalat
Ale divtte gielat suoláduvvot sutnje gii dan čiegada
Ale divtte sielut suoláduvvot sutnje gii dan rievdada
Oahpa dovdat gamu savkkuheame dutnje
Oahpa dovdat iežat dáhtu
Oahpa dovdat goas lea boastut
Son ii oainne, son ii beroš
Son ii oainne go čuoččut
Son ii gula, son ii beroš
Son ii gula go muitalat
Ale divtte áiggi suoláduvvot
Eallin ii vuordde
8. Soul Seizer
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
Don’t let your thoughts be stolen by those who never think of you
Don’t let your vision be taken by those who refuse to see you
Learn to trust your inner voice
Learn to recognize your boundaries
Learn to feel when something isn’t right
They don’t see, they don’t care
They don’t notice when you stand tall
They don’t hear, they don’t care
They don’t listen when you speak
Don´t let your voice be stolen to those who silence it
Don’ let your soul be stolen to those who would reshape it
Learn to listen when your body whispers
Learn to recognize your will
Learn to feel when something isn’t right
They don’t see, they don’t care
They don’t notice when you stand tall
They don’t hear, they don’t care
They don’t listen when you speak
Don’t let your time be stolen
Your life is not waiting
9. Lihkadus
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
Johka johka
Eatnama čáhcce
Eatnama ođasmahttá
Beaivváš beaivváš
Eatnama ligge
Eatnama ealaskáhtta
Lihkadus
Lihkadus
Lihkadus
Dovddut dovdu
Goruda boktá
Eallima ealiha
Luohti luohti
Juoidá muitala
Jávoheame jurdagiid jorahallá
Ođasmahttá
Ealáskahttá ja ealiha
Lihkadus
Lihkadus
Lihkadus
9. Movement
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
The river, river
Offering water to the land
Renewing.
The sun, sun
Offering warmth to the land
Awakening
Movement
Movement
Movement
Emotions, emotion
Waking the body
Making life itself
The yoik, yoik
Telling something
Moving the silent, the unspoken
Renewing
Awakening and giving life
Movement
Movement
Movement
10. In du guođđán
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composer: Emma E. O. V & Georg B.
Beaivi luoitá suotnjariid
Eahket lebbe seavdnjadasa
Bisánasttán orustan das
In du guođđán
Gápmagiid mii dállastit ain
mun dieđán gos dat johttán leat
bisánasttán orustan das
in du guođđán
Sámi seailluhit
Sámi suodjalit
Sápmi sámiide
Váibmu coahkká ozastan
unna rumbboš álo mielde lea
bisánasttán orustan das
Du in guođđán
Gollegiella mii mis Lea
buolvvas bulvii sámástan mii leat
bisánasttán orustan das
In du guođđán
Sami seailluhit
Mánnu gávdná iežas saji
Ja mun dieđan gos mu iežan lea
Bisánasttán orustan das
in du guođđán
in du guođđán
in du guođe
10. I did not leave you
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composer: Emma E. O. V & Georg B.
The sun releases its rays
The evening lays down its veil
I hold on for a moment, stay for a while
I did not leave you
We still keep our gápmagat (traditional reindeer-fur footwear)
warm with sweetgrass
I know where they have nomadized
I hold on for a moment, stay for a while
I did not leave you
Maintain Sápmi
Protect Sápmi
Sápmi for the Sámi
My heart, my little drum, always with me
Resonating through me, echoing within my gákti (traditional Sámi attire)
I hold on for a moment, stay for a while
I did not leave you
The beautiful language of ours
Spoken from generation to generation
I hold on for a moment, stay for a while
I did not leave you
Maintain Sápmi
The moon finds its place,
and I know where mine is
I hold on for a moment, stay for a while
I did not leave you
I did not leave you
I will never leave you
11. Ráhkisvuohta
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
Mun ráhkistan du mun ráhkistan mun du ráhkistan
Mun ráhkistan du mun ráhkistan mun du ráhkistan
Mun ráhkistan du mun ráhkistan mun du ráhkistan
11. Love
Lyrics: Emma Elliane Oskal Valkeapää
Composers: Emma E. O. V
I love you