Two eyes in darkness like two burning fires   Still cold as a wintery lake   The moon is hidden behind dark clouds   Fluttering wings... the silence breaks      I was walking on the edge of the forest   When the eyes began to approach   A while I just stood there watching   The eyes coming close      The owl she came onto my arm   Her eyes starring deep into me   Soon a shroud covered my eyes   I could hear but I couldn't see      "The time is close, o men of Karelia   Men of pride, the time is near   Soon thou will see a new god coming   When snow falls he will be here      Centuries to come will see his dominion   His dominion that makes thee slaves   Have not fear, it won't last forever   The new dawn will hail thy father' gods again"      At the very moment the last word was gone   Returned my sight   I saw no owl only heard a silent flutter   From Tapio's realm, from the fading night      As I walked away I thought:   "It can't be true that a northern man   Would lose his honour and be a slave   Of a god from an unknown land......."