Off to the hunt

Rapids and fields, be merciful

Oh Tapio, show me your grace

Show me the way to the islands

Let me wander through the woodlands

Where the elusive game is

Where I may at last find my prey

Where the elusive game is

Where I may at last find my prey

In the traces of Hiisi's moose

Through the paths of savage deer

For the hunt I was now chosen

For the pursuit I am leaving

Through the woods of Tapiola

By Tapio's huts and lodges

Through the woods of Tapiola

By Tapio's huts and lodges

Ukko, supreme creator

The architect of all we see

Now bestow me with decent skis

Please, grant me proper snow-shoes

They ought to carry me briskly

While I'm skiing through these swamps

Through the woodlands of Lapland

By the marshlands and the meadows

Should rivers appear on the way

Should a creek be laid before you

Then build a bridge out of silk

And make stairs of scarlet color

Direct the deer through sounds and straits

Steer them through those streams and waters

Through the river of Pohjola

Through enormous frothy rapids

Ukko, supreme creator

The architect of all we see

Now bestow me with decent skis

Please, grant me proper snow-shoes

They ought to carry me briskly

While I'm skiing through these swamps

Through the woodlands of Lapland

By the marshlands and the meadows

Ukko, supreme creator

The architect of all we see

Now bestow me with decent skis

I am skiing through the woodlands