[Opening Verse] In shadows of the northern peaks Where ancient wolf-blood flows The chieftain Kasrun's daughter walks Through paths of bitter snows They whisper lies of treachery Of father's final breath Though enemy steel claimed his life They speak of daughter's death [First Chorus] Erämaa beckons forth Beyond the tribal lands Where truth lies buried deep in snow And none shall understand The weight of chains that bind me now To exile's bitter call While sister wears our father's crown I watch my homeland fall [Second Verse] Let Kestava lead Susilauma Upon our father's throne While I, accused without a cause Must make my path alone The general's blade that felled him there Still haunts my restless dreams While kinsmen turn their faces cold And stifle mercy's beams [First Chorus] Erämaa beckons forth Beyond the tribal lands Where truth lies buried deep in snow And none shall understand The weight of chains that bind me now To exile's bitter call While sister wears our father's crown I watch my homeland fall [Bridge] Through the veil of northern lights A daughter's honor burns Though branded with a traitor's mark The wolf within still yearns [Third Verse] In untamed lands beyond the frost Where stranger footsteps roam I forge a destiny anew Far from my ancestral home The wolf-blood surging through my veins Guides each determined stride Though Susilauma cast me out My spirit shall not die [Final Chorus] Erämaa embraces now The child they cast away In wilderness I find my strength As dawns each newfound day Let truth remain beneath the snow Where father's blood was spilled For I am Ryteikko reborn Through trials unfulfilled [Final Chorus] Erämaa beckoned forth And I answered it's call No longer bound by my past I now stand proud and tall With eyes agleam and head held high I look towards the moon And know deep down in my heart I will find the fortune... ...the fortune deep in my soul!
