Quite intriguing that a Russian band has taken its name from the Finnish (more accurately, Karelian) folk epic.
BTW, seem to recall that according to Finnish theosophists, Kalevala is actually an allegory, or somesuch, of the human body! (Cf. Sanskrit 'kalevara', 'body'...) --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, merudanda <no_reply@...> wrote: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxEAyWmCcSI > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxEAyWmCcSI> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nMb1kYEf-k&feature=related > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nMb1kYEf-k&feature=related> > Come good brother, little brother, > Pretty playmate of my childhood, > Start now with me for the singing > Sit together for the speaking, > Now that we have met together, > After separate pathways traveled; > Seldom do we come together, > > Veli kulta, veikkoseni, > kaunis kasvinkumppalini! > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrGKPOExISM > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrGKPOExISM> > [O:)] > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, cardemaister <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" jstein@ wrote: > > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "seventhray1" <steve.sundur@> > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > If we shadows have offended, > > > Think but this, and all is mended, > > > That you have but slumber'd here > > > While these visions did appear. > > > And this weak and idle theme, > > > No more yielding but a dream. > > > Gentles, do not reprehend: > > > if you pardon, we will mend: > > > And, as I am an honest Puck, > > > If we have unearned luck > > > Now to 'scape the serpent's tongue, > > > We will make amends ere long; > > > Else the Puck a liar call; > > > So, good night unto you all. > > > Give me your hands, if we be friends, > > > And Robin shall restore amends. > > > > > > --A Midsummer Night's Dream, Act V > > > > > > > This part seems to be in trochaic tetrameter: > > > > > If we shadows have offended, > > > Think but this, and all is mended, > > > That you have but slumber'd here > > > While these visions did appear. > > > And this weak and idle theme, > > > No more yielding but a dream. > > > Gentles, do not reprehend: > > > if you pardon, we will mend: > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trochaic_tetrameter > > > > (I bet very few Americans have ever read Hiawatha...?) > > >
