Raajroe - The Reindeer Caravan
1) KRUANAVAAJJA
Kruanavaajja
tjaebpemes sijjie
gijhteles sijjie
Kruanavaajja
veelemesijjie
lovvesijjie
Kruanavaajja
gåatome dajve
aejlies sijjie
Såafoedajve,
tsuemehts krïevveh,
lovvesjieh jïh pleatnjasjieh
Kruanavaajja
tjaebpemes sijjie
gijhteles sijjie
Kruanavaajja
veelemesijjie
aejlies sijjie
Dan luvkeds jïjje
Dej lovvesijjie
Mov aejlies sijjie
Dan aevjiesijjie
2) VUELIEH SJAAVOEJIN
Gosse gïele sjaavoeji,
Soelkelaakan eatneme soptsesti
Mearoe, såålh, njuanah jïh vuemieh
Soelkelaakan soptsestin
Mearan vuertieminie
beajjan gosk almetjh
ïedtjem gaavneme
råågkehks gïeline
vihth soptsestellieh
Gosse vuelieh sjaavoejin,
Soelkelaakan eatneme joejki,
vaerieh, jeanoeh, såekieh jïh bïegke
Soelkelaakan joejkedin.
Mearan vuertieminie
beajjan gosk almetjh
ïedtjem gaavneme
råågkehks gïeline
vihth joejkijehtjieh
3) JOHTELOHKE
Daesnie johtelohkem vuajnah
aaltoeh bååstede suehpedelaantese rehtjieh
Daesnie johtelohkem vuajnah
Dej smaave tjåalhti gaskoeh juhtiejibie
Dejnie guevtielinie tjöönghkeminie
Geadtan galkebe tsaekedh
Daelvielaanteste
gïjrelaantese,
giesielaantese
Vuejnieh johtelohkem?
Vuejnieh ealoem?
Geadtan galkebe tsaekedh
Gå gåh gå, gå...
4) MEHKANIHKS SAERNIEH
Govlh, govlh, mij plåavehte?
Vaaksjoem, gusnie lea?
Govlh, mij plåavehte?
Jarra jarra goh tjaetsientjoelme
Vuejnieh, vuejnieh dam ruevtiem
Stoerre goh staaloe
Vuejnieh ruevtiem?
Jarra jarra jïh ruevtie rååse
Voestes lij ruevtiegååvevïnhtse
Mubpien lij ruevtieraajroe
Jarra jarra goh tjaetsientjoelme
Jarra jarra jïh ruevtie rååse
Jarra jarra goh ruevtieledtie
Jarra jarra goh kaaruselle
Gåalmeden lij bïjle
Njieljeden lij girtie
Govlh, govlh, mij leavede?
Vaaksjoem, gusnie lea?
Govlh mij leavede?
Jarra jarra goh raejrien dålle
Vuejnieh, vuejnieh, mij haelehte?
Ruevtie gajvede
Haelehte
Jarra jarra goh ruevtieledtie
Govleme dej mehkanihks saernieh,
edtjieh veartenem bueriemdidh?
Ruevtieraajroe gåhtjoeh, bïjle jïh haepkieh aaj
Mekanihke almetjidie skovhteste
Gaajhkene lehkesne aajverdieh
sneavloe aaj leah
fïerhten tjahkese tjaevtiestieh
Almetjh dej miehtjies sijjine
Jarra jarra goh bïegkentjoelme
Jarra jarra jïh ruevtie rååse
Jarra jarra goh ruevtieledtie
Jarra jarra goh kaaruselle
Jarra jarra goh bïegkentjoelme
5. AEVJIE
Naa aevjie
Naa dovletje giedtie
Dåajmieslaakan leam lïereme
guktie eatnamistie bïerkenidh
Dåajmieslaakan leam lïereme
guktie suejniem tjoehpedh
Dåajmieslaakan leam lïereme
guktie eatnamistie bïerkenidh
6. DEHTIE BAELESTE
Ikth dåajvoehtim
iktesth bovtside vaarjelidh
Dehtie baeleste leam ryöjnesjamme
Bovtsh eatnemem vaarjelamme
Maanabaeleste leam dåeriedamme
Noerebaeleste leam ryöjnesjamme
Ihkuven aajkan
7. GAAVALAHKE
8. BOELTAAJJA
9. RAAJROEN AALKOVE
Biejjie, mij jielemem vadtah
Biejjie, mij tïjjem vuesehth
Bïegke, mij geajnoem vuesehth
Bïegke, mij vetsmieh foeresjh
10. RAAJROE
Bovtsh, dijjieh mah jielemem vedtede
Bovtsh, mah tïjjem vuesiehtidie
Bovtsh, dijjieh mah geajnoem vuesiehtidie
Bovtsh, mah bïegken vuestie rahtjede
Bovtsh, dijjieh mah geajnoem vuesiehtidie
Bovtsh, dijjieh mah jielemem vedtede
Musicians:
Marja Mortensson – yoik, vocals
Daniel Herskedal – tuba, bass trumpet
Jakop Janssønn – drums
The Norwegian Radio Orchestra
Yoik choir:
Katarina Barruk, Thomas Gælok, Frode Fjellheim
Recorded at:
NRK Store Studio by NRK Recording Engineers:
Øystein Halvorsen, Terje Hellem, Marit Askeland, Øystein Nordengen
Mixed by: August Wanngren
Mastered by: Thomas Eberger
Drawings: Marja Mortensson
Artwork and painting: Thomas Barlund
English translation: Johan Sandberg McGuinne
South Sámi language consultants: Sig-Britt Persson, Elin Fjellheim
1) THE GREEN VALLEY
The Green Valley,
the most beautiful of places,
where thankful souls rest
The Green Valley,
where people rest, stretched on their sides,
where reindeer lie down in peace
The Green Valley,
Grazing pasture,
sacred grounds
A peaceful herd,
well-rested reindeer
watched over by their owners
graze these lush pastures
The Green Valley,
the most beautiful of places,
where thankful souls rest
The Green Valley,
where people rest, stretched on their sides,
sacred grounds
Behold the night, wrapped in mild winds,
their resting place,
my sacred grounds,
this lush field of plenty!
2) WHEN THE YOIKS GREW SILENT
When the language grew silent,
the Earth spoke calmly,
the ocean, each island, these peninsulas and valleys turned their voices into calm whispers.
As they wait
for the day when people
once again will have regained their strength,
and they, in turn, will begin to speak
with powerful voices
When the yoiks grew silent,
the Earth kept on calmly singing her own yoiks,
the mountains, each river, the birch trees, even the wind kept their yoiks like calm whispers
As they wait
for the day when people
once again will have regained their strength,
and they, in turn, will begin to yoik
with powerful voices
3) THE MIGRATORY ROUTE
You notice the migratory route here;
how reindeer cows follow each other in lines towards the ancient calving grounds
You notice the migratory route here;
how we carefully move between these rocky outposts
How we gather our herds all over the tundra,
driving them towards our paddocks
From winter pastures of yore,
onwards to spring pastures
and summer grounds
Do you see the migratory route?
Can you see the herds?
In time, we’ll gather them in our paddocks
(Yoik)
4) TECHNICAL NEWS
Listen carefully, can you hear the jarring sound?
I wonder where it comes from?
Can you hear the jarring sound?
how it twists and turns like a whirlpool
Behold the iron,
the size of a troll,
how it twists and turns, the iron singing, sparks a-flying
First came the steam ship,
then the train
Twisting and turning like a whirlpool
twisting and turning, the iron singing, sparks a-flying
twisting and turning like an iron bird
twisting and turning like a merry-go-round
Then the car,
followed by the plane
Listen carefully, what makes such a ruckus?
I wonder where it comes from?
What makes such a ruckus,
twisting and turning like lightning bolts
Behold the sky, what fills it?
The iron quivering,
flying,
twisting and turning like an iron bird
Have you heard about the technical news,
meant to improve our everyday lives?
they talk about trains, cars and helicopters
Mechanical entrapments move people
aimlessly all over the place,
rudely they enter places without an invitation,
they seek to climb every mountain,
filling the outback with strangers
Twisting and turning like a wind mill
twisting and turning, the iron singing sparks a-flying
twisting and turning like an iron bird
twisting and turning like a merry-go-round
twisting and turning like a wind mill
5. PASTURES OF YORE
Such lush abundance,
thon pasture where our ancestors used
to gather our herds in times now long ago
Raised in beauty and respect,
I have learnt how to survive off the
bountiful gifts that the Earth has chosen
to bestow upon me
Raised in beauty and respect,
I have learnt how to cut sedge grass to
warm my feet
Raised in beauty and respect,
I have learnt how to survive off the
bountiful gifts that the Earth has chosen
to bestow upon me
6. THE PASSING OF TIME
Once upon a time, I promised
to always protect our reindeer
I have followed in the footsteps of our
herds ever since,
and the reindeer, in turn, have protected
our mother, the Earth
Ever since I was a child,
I have followed them,
Ever since I became a teenager,
I have herded them;
and will continue you to do so
forever more
7. THE ONE CHOSEN TO LEAD THE HERD
7. THE SACRED GRANDFATHER
9. THE MIGRATION BEGINS
Oh Sun, the one who gives us life
Oh Sun, the one who shows us the time
Oh Wind, my pathfinder,
Oh Wind, scattering seeds all over
10. THE REINDEER CARAVAN
Oh reindeer, you who give us life,
Oh reindeer, you who show us the time
Oh reindeer, our pathfinders,
Oh reindeer, you who follow the wind
Oh reindeer, our pathfinders
Oh reindeer, you who give us life