Night arrives again in the northern woods Cloaking all light under its dim hood All is silent except for the winds mellow croon Echoing in the midwinter night
And when shadeof the swan reflects from ice You will know that someone has died And when the wind blows from the north you can hear the souls cry
And in the moon's pale light Death took the form of an swan Up from the depths of Tuonela it rose to its wings Age old song of death it sings
And when shade of the swan reflects from ice You will know that someone has died And when the wind blows from the north As she silently flies through the nightskies