Viken, tidens flyktiga minnen [Swedish March] [English and Swedish lyrics] 

This might originally be an Irish march, which was actually played during the succesfull attack of the Swedish army at Narva in November 1700. It was originally a military march, but when Geijer made these rather grym poem to it in 1818, the march changed to a funeral march and it's tempo slowened a lot. It has been largely used in Finland during the funerals, if the person to be berried has had military career or if he/she has had a great political position. Also at the funerals of the former Estonian president Lennart Meri this march was played. In Sweden the people might sing this march at the funerals, but in Finland it is almost always played as an instrumental version. I have heard this piece sung in Finnish only once in my lifetime. Here are two Finnish translations. They are very seldom heard, because the original Swedish poem was written only after Finland had been separated from Sweden in 1809. Muistot, aika häipyvä, heitä! Hetken riemut kalpeat peitä! Yöhyt synkeä kattaa meitä, varjot laulumme kuulkoot vaan! Muisto mennehen aijan loiton, tunnon syttäjä, kiihde voiton! Vieras harmaja aikain koiton kanna nyt kanssamme murhe maan. Hetken haave haipuos, haivu mielen myrsky tyyneksi taivu. Aatos muistojen yöhön vaivu, varjojen virttä nyt laulamme. Kerran te nousitte sankari-innoin, kaikkenne annoitte kallehin hinnoin. Uhrinne muistamme polttavin rinnoin. Siunattu olkoon muistonne!

This is great stuff!

Very interesting

It's fantastisk.

Translating "framfarna" to "rampant" is pretty weird imo.

It's the same tune of nylands och tavastehus? Seems to me a slower version

Would anyone here happen to know what the "gråa gäst" refers to?

Playspeed 2x

Narvan marssi