Audio link to a remastered version of the song originally performed by Liisa Tavi on her 1984 album Naamiot (Masks):

Liisa Tavi (born in 1956) is a Finnish singer-songwriter known for her great interpretations of Jäähyväiset aseille(Farewell to Arms), Violeta Parra's Gracias a la vida (Elämälle kiitos) and Chico Buarque's Funeral de um lavrador (Kuinka paljon ihminen tarvitsee maata).

Here's a little story about how ignorant one can be: Kun palaan nuoruuteeni (Returning to My Youth) by Liisa Tavi with its lyrics full of beautiful metaphors has been one of my greatest favorites ever since it was released 40 years ago. I have always known that the original song is by Violeta Parra, but I've never been aware of the original title, i.e. until yesterday evening when I finally took my time to listen to the audio sample provided in the Antiwarsongs news from Violeta's anniversary a month ago. And there it was! So thanks a lot for putting an end to my forty years of ignorance.

Minun kissani: La traduzione finlandese di Juha Rämö [2019]
Minun kissani: Finnish translation by Juha Rämö [2019]
Minun kissani: Traduction finnoise de Juha Rämö [2019]
Minun kissani: Juha Rämön suomenkielinen käännös [2019]

Fabrizio De André: Leggenda di Natale

Traduzione finlandese / Finnish translation / Traduction finnoise / Suomennos: Juha Rämö

Tämä runo, jonka Bertolt Brecht kirjoitti kesällä 1953 mutta joka julkaistiin ensimmäisen kerran vasta 1959 Die Welt -lehdessä, on kriittinen kannanotto kesäkuun 17. päivän kansannousuun DDR:ssä vuonna 1953.

Dendrochronology, or tree-ring dating, is an amazing branch of science. Not only can it be used to determine the precise age of a living tree from drilling samples or that of a dead tree from sample discs, but also, on the basis of chronologies developed by painstaking research over a lengthy period of time, to determine when and even where a tree has grown. Furthermore, tree-rings provide valuable data for climate research.



Here's an interesting example: According to a written document referring to Symeon, the vicar of Cölln (Symeon plebanus de Colonia), 1237 has always been regarded as the year of founding of the German capital Berlin. In 2008, archaeological excavations in Petriplatz (St. Peter's Square in Cölln) revealed an oak beam dating back to 1183 and suggesting that the history of Berlin may well have to be rewritten.

Audio link to the song performed by Brita Koivunen and the Four Cats