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First Morning

from Bear Awakener by Tuomas Rounakari

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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.

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?

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from Bear Awakener, released April 14, 2022
Trad. Arr. Rounakari
Reed pipe intro by Rounakari

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Tuomas Rounakari Finland

Violinist, composer and ethnomusicologist from Kokkola, Finland.

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