Päivänsäde ja menninkäinen [English translation]

When sun had ended its journey,

the last sunray was just a moment

left behind her sisters

Dusk was creeping on the grounds,

the sunray with its golden wings

was just about to fly away from it

Only she saw a small goblin, coming towards her;

it had just come out of its cave

You see, a goblin cannot ever before nightfall

live upon the surface of the earth

They beheld each other,

the goblin felt in his chest

a warm feeling

He said: "You burn my eyes,

yet I have never in my life

seen something so wonderful!

It does not matter that your radiance blinds me

It is easy to wander in darkness

Come with me, and I will show you the way to my cave

and take you as my bride!"

But the sunray answered: "Dear goblin,

the darkness will steal my life away,

and I do not wish for death

I have to leave immediately,

unless I fly into the light soon

I cannot live a moment more!"

And so the beautiful sunray left, but still

as the goblin walks alone,

he wonders why one of them is a child of light

and the other one loves night

• Artist:Tapio Rautavaara