Resinous Stump      Great old man, steady as a rock   The eternal untameable 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 it 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 the wars   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 it all   But still he has a lot to see, to experience and to hear      It will 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 it 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 it 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.]