First Morning from Bear Awakener by Tuomas Rounakari
First Morning is an improvisation over a Bear Awakening song sung by master singer Konstantin Atjin in October 1905 at Sosva. It was recorded by a Finnish ethnographer and linguist Artturi Kannisto with a phonograph. Konstantin Atjin was a remarkable northern Mansi singer and teller of tales who left behind many mythological songs with hundreds of verses in length.
Tracklist
| 1. | First Morning | 9:59 |
Lyrics
(The track is instrumental, but this is an excerpt from a Bear Awakening song from the Mansi people)
Awake, dear animal!
Arise, dear animal!
The red of dawn, your dear aunt
Rose to the top of a shallow tree
Rose to the lower branch of a tall tree
Living in your dark forest
Living in your thick forest
You were a swamp-dwelling cub awakening at dawn
You were a forest-dwelling cub awaking early
While walking the seven nooks of the dark forest
while walking the six nooks of the dark forest
No winged animal used to awake earlier than you
No footed animal used to awake earlier than you
How does the well-rooted dream move in you?
How do the vapours of fresh-roots move you in dream?
