Mustan virran silta [English translation]
Mustan virran silta [English translation]
Her face devoid of life, now clad in clothes white
in a storehouse alone a pale young girl lies
Her lips bereft of smile an old mother cries
as she’s dressing stockings on her daughter so ashen
She lies in the dark on a hard wooden board
Opening her eyes, as someone bangs on the door
Cracking open the hatch to this house of the dead
and bowing down is the dark one asking “Shall we dance?”
Now get on, girl, get on with dancing
To underneath the bridge of black stream
The maid is now beset by the Devil
Underneath the bridge of black stream
Now get on, girl, get on with dancing
Above the river under twilight
The maid is now possessed by the Devil
Underneath the bridge of black stream
Onto a pillow rests her head the maiden now dead
The dawn arrives with the funeral crowd
All soiled is the girl, the guests stare in horror
at the torn to shreds stockings of the maiden so pale.
- Artist:Verjnuarmu