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Itku suistamolaisille siirtolaisuudesta (Lament on being a refugee)

from Itkuja Suite, invocations on lament by Rent Romus, Heikki Koskinen, Life's Blood Ensemble featuring Heikki Laitinen

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Rent Romus - king flute, alto saxophone; Heikki "Mike" Koskinen - tenor recorder, E-trumpet' Heikki Laitinen – vocals; Joshua Marshall - tenor & soprano saxophones, c-flute; Erika Oba – c-flute; Ann McChesney-Young – accordion; Max Judelson – cello; Mark Clifford – vibraphone; Safa Shokrai - double bassCory Combs - double bass; Timothy Orr - drums

lyrics

Main verse:
Karelian:
Kun jo i olemmo, leinäžet ylen leväzelleh.
Leviteldy kulgemattomih korven kolkkažih.

Finnish:
Kuin meidät jo on, kurjat hajotettu levälleen.
Levitelty kulkemattomiin korven kolkkiin.

English:
As already we, poor ones have been torn apart.
Spread into untraveled corners of dark forest

Second verse:
Karelian:
Kun jo i olemmo, leinäžet ylen leväzelleh.
Leviteldy leyhkeil ilmažil.
Da i olimmohan vendoivierahil veräjäžil viškottavina.
Nyt kun me olemmo, kurjažet eläjäžet.
Kulletettih kai kulgemattomih korvenkolkkažih.
Da i jo päderäžet eläjäžet kai piälittši.
Piäžemättömih paikkažih piävyteldih.
Vain onhan nyt jo i kergijäžed eläjäžed kerritty.
Vaan onhan nyt jo ehtivät eläjät kyntäneet pellot.
Kaunehet kodižet kohotella korvenkolkkažih.
Da i olemmo armahad aigomažed…

Finnish:
Kuin meidät jo on, kurjat hajotettu levälleen.
Levitelty ympäri ilmoja.
Olimmehan viskottuina ventovieraille veräjille.
Nyt kuin meidät, kurjat eläjät.
Kuljetettiin kulkemattomiin korven kolkkiin.
Ja poloiset eläjät saatiin.
Pääsemättömiin paikkoihin.
Ja kohotelleet kauniit kodit korven kolkkiin
Ja vielä armahat nuorimmaiset…

English:
As already we, poor ones have been torn apart.
Spread out all around.
Cast away into strangers’ gates.
As already we, poor beings.
Were taken to untraveled corners of the dark forest.
And we, the poor beings taken.
To impenetrable places.
Though, already some have plowed fields
And built beautiful homes into far corners of the forest.
And also the dearest young ones...

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from Itkuja Suite, invocations on lament, released April 4, 2023
Traditional, Arranged by Rent Romus

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Rent Romus hailed by Downbeat as having "a bold sound, unmistakable sincerity and conviction". A third generation Finnish American born in the great north of upper Michigan and growing up in the San Francisco Bay ,Romus' work on the saxophone has been dubbed “ferocious” by the San Francisco Weekly and “central to the creative music world of the West Coast” by writer jazz critic Frank Rubolino. ... more

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