Kati Rán - SUURIN

Read more on the lyrics, the origin and English translation below in the description box.
Music by: Kati Rán
Videoproduction by: Kati Rán
Camera: Joel Schilder
Editor: Florian Vermeulen
Equipment & Crew: Joost Kelderman | INVITE -AV (www.Invite-AV.nl)
Track: SUURIN from the Nordic Folk album LYS.
Artist: Kati Rán
Composed, Arranged and Performed by: Kati Rán
Recording & Mastering: Christopher Juul | LAVA Studios
Guest vocals: Maria Franz (Heilung) | 'Lokkr' Vocals and
Kai Uwe Faust (Heilung) | Throatsinging & Wolf Spirit
Special Thanks to: Esther Binneveld and her crossbreed Wolfhounds 'Blue' and 'Coco'
24.01.16 All rights reserved.
www.kati-ran.nl
ran.musician
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The text used in written form and dialect is directly lended with courtesy from the SUOMALAINEN TIEDEAKATEMIA | Academia Scientarum Fennica with their Publications of FF Communications on Oral Folklore Studies, Helsinki 2006 by Anthropologist and Professor of Ethnology Laura Stark. All public comments regarding linguistic writing form in this Karelean dialect are redirected to this source.
LYRICS:
Mie suusi suurin - I am the greatest wolf
Suveks syömää - A wolf to eat them
Muut lampaaks lautsan alle - Others will be sheep under the bench
Mie suusi suurin - I am the greatest wolf
Mie karhu kankahalla - I am a bear on the heath
Miun veret pieälimmäisinä - My blood above all others
Mie suusi suurin - I am the greatest wolf
Suveks Syömään - A wolf to eat them
Muut lauhtuoh lampahaksi - Others grow weaker to be sheep
Minä sudeksi - May I be a wolf
Muut lampahiksi - May others be sheep
Mie suusi suurin - I am the greatest wolf
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[@vickyboo7448]

I don't understand even single word but i'm in love with this song !

[@veronikaelv]

translation is in the description box below ^^

[@timdungen]

Same! The power of music?

[@bugvader]

i think you still just Know what shes singing about by that breathing panding sound, the drumbs like my racing heart.... this must be the hunt

[@vickyboo7448]

True :)

[@ChaosTyrant]

one can understand true meaning without words

[@justmacg2873]

I don't know why these guys aren't as popular as some folk bands... they are just as good.

[@ShadeOfNomad]

new takes a while to staple to the world?

[@VolchizaSteppenwolf]

Try to compete with Wardruna and you'll know why XD

[@VolchizaSteppenwolf]

Ps. it's not a critic! I LOVE this song, I discovered L.E.A.F. only today and I fell in love with their music ^_^

[@ShadeOfNomad]

***** I'd have to disagree the show helped but far as I know, their first album was out long before the show joined forces.

[@ShadeOfNomad]

***** haha yep

[@Tarynseth113]

I love the throat signing in the background and the musical instruments

[@mercierjanice]

2nd listen In LOVE

[@AziNareen]

That is Kai Uwe Faust from Heilung! Along with Maria Franz at the end. Both good friends of Kati and have done several projects with her.

[@sayxxdx]

This song popped up in my Spotify after playing Assassins Creed Valhalla and it's fucking epic bro. I've never felt so connected with a game when I get some good tracks like this ❤️❤️

[@kentmains7763]

Kati Ran, Eivor, Aurora, Maria Franz, I never run out of great things to listen to.

[@Kalinka1864]

Try Danheim, Wardruna and Gealdyr. Or Dzivia.

[@techniqueswithtodd]

The song is as much a prayer chant as it is a musical construction. It's almost built like a pagan spell. Either way her voice gives me chills. :)

[@Joshbfil0]

I was listening to this late at night whilst walking home and it felt like the night sky was sucking up everything on the earth and the music was everywhere, it was like all of my human senses were overloaded. it was one of the most intense moments of my life so far.

[@Scott_Forsell]

You are a person I relate to and understand. Have a good path.

[@RealVedicAstrology]

Danggg lucky

[@thejager365]

I enjoy this music because it is much more 'primal' than the stuff you hear today. I dont understand the words, but I dont need to. Its all in the 'feeling' of the music; something that I think is being lost today. I applaud Kati Ran for making an effort to preserve this art form.

[@sakib7094]

Damn that's how I would explain music is a emotional feeling or a place even a physical feeling its better experienced than analayzed

[@taracheng345]

Philip de Jager It’s ME I am the superior wolf :)))

[@FenrizDK]

Mie susi suurin Mie susi suurin Suveks syömään Mie susi suurin Suveks syömään Muut lampaaks lautsan alle Mie susi suurin Mie karhu kankahalla Miun veret pieälimmäisinä Mie susi suurin Suveks syömään Muut lauhtuoh lampaaksi Mie susi suurin Mie susi suurin Suveks syömään Minä sudeksi Muut lampahiksi Mie susi suurin Minä sudeksi Muut lampahiksi Mie susi suurin Minä sudeksi Muut lampahiksi Mie susi suurin Mie susi suurin Mie susi suurin Suveks syömään Mie susi suurin Suveks syömään Muut lampaaks lautsan alle Mie susi suurin Mie karhu kankahalla Miun veret pieälimmäisinä Mie susi suurin Suveks syömään Muut lauhtuoh lampaaksi Mie susi suurin Mie susi suurin Suveks syömään Minä sudeksi Muut lampahiksi Mie susi suurin Minä sudeksi Muut lampahiksi Mie susi suurin Minä sudeksi Muut lampahiksi Mie susi suurin

[@WolfenSköll-Mountains]

LYRICS: English Mie suusi suurin - I am the greatest wolf Suveks syömää - A wolf to eat them Muut lampaaks lautsan alle - Others will be sheep under the bench Mie suusi suurin - I am the greatest wolf Mie karhu kankahalla - I am a bear on the heath Miun veret pieälimmäisinä - My blood above all others Mie suusi suurin - I am the greatest wolf Suveks Syömään - A wolf to eat them Muut lauhtuoh lampahaksi - Others grow weaker to be sheep Minä sudeksi - May I be a wolf Muut lampahiksi - May others be sheep Mie suusi suurin - I am the greatest wolf

[@nostrobothnia]

It's susi, not suusi 😄

[@samikuronen2551]

Enchanting, beautiful, full of the power of nature, naturally in Finnish! Wow!

[@t.b.1568]

Das ist die Definition von Großartigkeit und Kunst!

[@loggy6554]

B E R E I T S C H A F T

[@alan_mythicalgnome]

Doesn't awesome music like this seem to call your instincts back to your roots ? It takes me to an absolute reality.

[@edkolovrat6514]

Amazing, ive burned my food in the oven while watching this over and over again.

[@ThePhilipish]

Thanks for reminding me about my tea on the stove.

[@franklinclinton211]

Feel the power of your ancestors in your blood!⚡️⚡️

[@MiaogisTeas]

Thumbs up when you eventually realize that Maria Franz and Kai Uwe Faust of Heilung are also on this track…

[@takkie4064]

this song? when?

[@takkie4064]

found it! NICE!

[@miniwolfii17]

I'm not fully Finn but my great-grandmother's family came to America from Finland and I'm exactly 2/3 Finnish, trying to learn some Finnish, and I'm LOVING this song :]

[@AliceShiraki]

I'm from Finland and this song gives me chills. The good kind of chills😂🇫🇮

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

No one Nordic band or solo artist is a holy entity onto themselves,- not Wardruna, not Eivør, not Tyr, not Nightwish, not Amon Amarth, not Skáld, not Dimmu Borgir, - nobody,- they do not hold copyrights to the ancestry and heritage of an entire region of about six different countries and the common culture traits these countries share,- nor the right to artistic expression of that ancestry and that culture in solely their way,- not even if there are similarities in the various chosen forms of that artistic expression...! I´m a Scandinavian metalhead and the bond and lineage to this modern day expression af ancient themes is direct and not even under discussion,- this is as metal as it gets and not one distorted guitar in sight,- awesome! Kati Ran...... thank you!

[@MartinDambachsueffisant]

they are worthy followers of that ancient tradition, there is no such things as "owner of tradition" tradition is performed, is done, is practiced, is song, or just will die. When tradition has died, copyright is useless, and revival is very difficult. I do not fully understand your post. tradition also cannot be performed as a heritage in a untouched way. time has gone and the artist from today are totaly free to take the known parts of past and add their ingredients to it. Maybe we do not disagree. but I want to emphasize: there is no copyright on tradition. "copyright" is a capitalistic 20th century issue, isnt' it ?

[@DaveHoskinsCG]

BTW Kati is from the Netherlands, she's not Scandinavian.

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

Being a Scandinavian artist, actor and metal guitarist myself my post is in part a reaction to a trend- also among ourselves- about doing things the " right" or the " wrong" way. There are different styles,- and different ways of interpreting the same foundation,- no " correct" single way,- so calling various artists for for instance " Wardruna Copycats" etc. for expressing themselves in the same style and genre of music as perhaps a more well known outfit than yourself is kind of ridiculous,- yet this has been said of Kati,- and other also Scandinavian artists,- even as late as in this comment section! The entire Norse Pagan, Vikingr, Ancient Folk scene is a construct in itself,- NOBODY,- knows what the actual music sounded like as the earliest written musical snippets we have are from the Middle Ages ( "Drømte mig en drøm i nat") ca. mid century of the 1200rds.,- some two hundred years after the Vikingr period ended. Personally I consider the entire region of Iceland and the Faroe Islands in the west over Scandinavia and Finland down over The Baltics and northern Poland, over Friesland in North Germany, over The Benelux and finally over the Netherlands as the northern region of Europe, and though not Scandinavian this entire region was in close contact with the original Scandinavnians and their cultures intermingled with the Scandinavian cultures,- so to my mind anybody from this region could actually with some sense express themselves in the "Norse Pagan / Vikingr " modern day folk style and not have to worry about whether or not they were doing it in the " right" or "wrong" way,- so yes, basically, we are in agreement.

[@TheMehustaja]

Search for " Rautamuurahainen " Kuulin aanen " Mieli Miehelle " Morsiamen Itketys " Manan Unia " for more Finnish tribes music. We have over 10 000 years of heritage. Tolkien based elves from finnish people.

[@ulfdanielsen6009]

@@TheMehustaja And Rohirrim from the rest of the nordic/Scandinavian cultural traits, I know. Thanks for the recommendations, mate,- can´t wait to check it all out. :)

[@lyndi2392]

So happy and proud of my Karelian culture and heritage.

[@olga991]

Proud to be a PAGAN 😎❤️🇵🇱 This music and song are sooo powerful !!!

[@Z_N_A_K_I]

Cze Olka... 😏 MA to moc👌💪

[@theknave4415]

Kati Ran, Maria Franz, Kai Faust, Chris Juul... It doesn't get any better than this. ;)

[@geminienigma4421]

This music pulled me throught a dark time in my life

[@zeph6439]

"When people see some things as beautiful, other things become ugly. When people see things as good, other things become bad. Being and non-being create each other, Difficult and easy support each other. Long and short define each other, High and low depend on each other. Before and after follow each other. Therefore the Master acts without doing anything and teaches without saying anything. Things arise and she lets them come Things disappear and she lets them go." ~ Lao Tzu

[@LivesteamAnno1900]

That's it. There is nothing more to comment. ARGH! I just did! I'm unworthy! Now I have to face the universal good with my trust in humor. Not epic, but funny ;)

[@Triforce00]

Why this under a beautiful Norse Music? :D

[@Joshbfil0]

Triforce because it’s an insight into universal truth?

[@djegon8314]

Amazing! ❤️ from 🇵🇱! GOD BLESS GOODNESS!

[@deanfirnatine7814]

"I am the Greatest Wolf" - "Mie suusi suurin"

[@qwertzuiop1978]

I simply can't stop listening to this! I might be enchanted by this girl's singing

[@keld_rhygar]

That woman is exceedingly beautiful. So is the music.

[@jaysworld3095]

Intense, I'm in the forest, camping into the wild, and i found this just wow.

[@MewlusK]

My little son is soooo in love! :3 He wants to listen and watch this all day.

[@compsmith007]

You cannot throw her to the wolves, she's one of them!!! ❤

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

I can listen forever to this song

[@inesgojic6353]

Forest, snow, wolfs, this music....Love it!

[@elgrande3934]

Incredibly epic.

[@ukaszkowalski2405]

It's been over 4 years how that I have been listening to this song and it still has this power, you are a great artist.

[@lavendergilly5843]

This takes me to a primal place. I danced on a mountain today. It was eerie at first because i was all alone, but I pushed the fear from my mind, and used my inner strength to make a crack in the fears trying to restrain me. I loved it. I am alive when i am with Nature.

[@SOV_Gambit]

This will fucking wake you up in the morning.

[@davidcrombie2812]

Cant people just enjoy this for what it is and keep their negative comments to themselves, if you dont like it dont watch it?

[@techniqueswithtodd]

Trolls will be trolls eh? Sorta sad, but yeah, ignorance runs unchecked on the web,

[@jormungandr6247]

Best!Best regards from Russia!You are awesome,you energy.I am feeling your energy.I was found you in very bad time in my life.I loved your creativity.Everyone will understand the meaning in their own way.I realized after 10 seconds from the beginning. From that time i am your biggest fan!Thank you.

[@TimberWolf2025]

I picture my ancestors singing this song in times of war. How they survived so I could live. Kiitos perhe.

[@HonoraryBreathTaker]

We definetly need more of such music. Just beautiful and fascinating. Greets from Ukraine.

[@UltraRitter]

Hammer Lied !!! coole Landschaft, tolle Tiere und eine SUPER Frau leider 5 Jahre zu spät gefunden :(

[@My_Druid_journey.]

Love the drum tempo. Thanks for sharing.

[@Adamas97]

I just found this video/song and I can't stop listening to it. It is just so awesome. I can't say why but it just hits me.

[@alexsealgaire6394]

Nearly every day I listen to L.E.A.F.'s album LYS. The wonderful arrangements of traditionals from the North and the beautiful new material accompany me through my working hours and fill our house. Though the old North-Finnish rite "Suurin" has not yet empowered me to physically change form, the track has many times abducted my conciousness to where my mind and soul feel at home. And now, Kati has provided a scenery to fit that destination. This breathtaking visual work of art offers a mesmerizing representation of the meaning of the lyrics. I am very impressed, captivated and felt obliged to share it everywhere I could.

[@whisperingpeaksphotography4347]

+Alex Sealgaire The album LYS is by far one of my favorites as well!

[@PainInTheS]

Album coming out soon....pre-ordered it. The amount of good music from my own country is actually quite astonishing. Aythis also ha a new album coming. Keep up this quality ladies!

[@aratakasuga4095]

I have no idea what she said but her voice is beautiful

[@mglaqft]

lyrics/translation are written in the description

[@GHwithMe]

I couldn't tell what they were saying even when I'm a finn but it's extremely okay, they don't speak finnish as a native so it's understandable and I'm honored. And in the lyrics in the description has a tiny mistake, a wolf is written susi in finnish, suusi means your mouth.

[@keirfarnum6811]

Maybe it’s a double entendre?

[@mastodonttix]

This is not modern day finnish, a karelian dialect

[@anomalolupus]

Wildly powerful music. Empowering on a spiritual level, unique in and of itself. I love it, every single time I hear it is a brand new experience.

[@thelandofwhispers9184]

This song is filled with magic and an amazing space of sounds...

[@hebercloward1695]

Heilung brought me here. LOVE this!!! You dont need to understand the words to get the message. But if you want to sing along... Band camp has the lyrics as: SUURIN Mie suusi suurin Suveks syömää Muut lampaaks lautsan alle Mie suusi suurin Mie karhu kankahalla Miun veret pieälimmäisinä Mie suusi suurin Suveks Syömään Muut lauhtuoh lampahaksi Minä sudeksi Muut lampahiksi Mie suusi suurin

[@esalmagul]

same here lol

[@aquilag.bianco8463]

Same for me, coming from Heilung, found this! This song and sound is so amazing, since I heard it for the first time there's no day without. It's magic. Thanks Kati. Thanks Heilung!

[@Dragonheart_1776]

The music is deep spiritual. Helps me connect to the gods.

[@soul_in_balance6923]

One fine day I will find my own peace in the North. Back to my Germanic roots I will follow the call of this magical landscapes in Sweden and Norway and settle in a wooden house with a nearby lake.

[@dricebaillet6745]

this dream of ours yes

[@aleksijarvinen498]

Me too

[@soul_in_balance6923]

@@dricebaillet6745 That's great. The good souls are drawn back to nature where true purity and innocence still reign. By contrast, the consumer-drunk people can linger in urban chaos and let their innermost feelings poisoned.

[@mewinglegorias5733]

just like jonna jinton kzbin.info/www/bejne/Y6ippIyPbJaqr80

[@anttityykila9384]

Thats nice but there is huge firewall between this and germanic.

[@SanguineVulpes]

This song is so addictive the primal scream's just amazing

[@orirune3079]

This song always makes me want to go trail running :D

[@CarySmith87]

I don't know why I gravitate to this kind of music. No clue what is being said but I can't stop listening.

[@ragnarodinson7984]

This has become my song for all time. It is just hypnotic to my ears.

[@CountessMCollabs]

I was led here to this majestic ominous work by subscribing to Heilung which is another great Norse project and I must say that I’m extremely in awe... Thank you ❤️❤️❤️

[@jordanwhitecar1982]

(kai and maria are the backup vocals in this song, kai doing his throat singing)

[@timsollen7748]

Bästa finska musik jag någonsin hört. Tack för att ni har berikat mitt liv.

[@paulv2394]

I don't understand a word she's speaking, but this song is amazing!!!

[@oscargarciamiguel6745]

La 🥁 inicial me transporta a la América de los indios nativos. Que fuerza. Sois magníficos músico. Desde España, gracias por una música tan ancestral y auténtica.

[@cmh6122]

Had a long time relationship with a Canid friend that thought she was the greatest wolf. Neither of us understood a word, or could have cared less if the pronunciation was correct. I love this song and I miss friend. I am glad the wolves took the time to teach us how to live with them.

[@BroncePerez]

This song and video is absolutely amazing. The vocals are soothing..

[@SidMajors]

I dont know what it is but every language from Scandinavia just sounds magical. Ancient. Wise. The instruments used by traditional musicians playing this kind of music are very powerful as well. I'm from the Netherlands myself and alot of the pronunciations sound the same as Dutch. And although I usually listen to any kind of traditional music, the stuff you guys make up there in the far north keeps mesmerizing me.

[@daltonevans3412]

Michael Koelewijn you are probably already aware of this band but if you like this music i highly recommend you check out wardruna if you havent heard them before, their music is amazing, its downright hypnotizing. their music actually inspired me to start learning the language so i could understand what they are singing.

[@lars38010]

She is from the Netherlands to tho. So a West Germanic woman from the Netherlands in South Germany singing in a Uralic language.

[@SuperMusicman5150]

The beat of the heart searches for the north, one and only one north.

[@doobisbone]

Jarame Torbjorn Yes. ...the Gods are pulling at my heart.

[@liamfraser2451]

Jarame Torbjorn praise the Æsir and the Vanir, skål brother! 🍻

[@shrimpofdeath5199]

These doggos are extremely cute.

[@Lady_Lilium]

are a super cute good boys ❤️❤️😍💕💐🐺🐺🐺🐺

[@askeletonsdaisy2440]

The power of the pack is in the wolf & the power of the wolf is in the pack.

[@nataliavlog2344]

From Poland with love 💕

[@Lilyfiretvreviews]

Thank you for helping me connect to aspects of my heritage

[@FXGreggan.]

Wow, what a moving song... I loved it!

[@Miselain]

I just have to thank the Castlefest FB page for bringing this song to my full attention. You've officially obtained a new fan.

[@freyatilly]

Outstanding.... in the frozen North. 🤍🩶🖤

[@MrHannessie]

Most of the time, I hate being a human being and this feeling is only getting worse, but this "primal" music makes me feel different. Like it is magical, powerful, desirable to be human. Thank you!!!

[@simonblackwood4672]

I've only just found this song.... I'd add a thousand "likes" if I could, I love it!!! Powerful. Intense. Passionate

[@joaoconstantine7728]

Whos sheep? 7 milliard

[@cosmicwatur715]

from canada with love

[@littlemachette1215]

I can’t help but move to the beat and melody

[@corriebrink2885]

Love this band,sets my spirit free

[@beyerdr]

One of these songs that just makes me wanna strike out into nowhere and come back whenever.

[@starsworn]

Welp I clicked on this by accident, not disappointed at all.

[@gothic77ful]

Great. Thank you.

[@whereangelslosetheirway7167]

Wow I'm an instant fan

[@dapper_rose9347]

Such strong vocals, give me chills every time.

[@TheKingOfBears.]

What a voice.

[@hh-px9yq]

very cool!!!

[@GenoGoaFreak]

Ależ to jest wspaniałe. odbiór.

[@vikingofengland]

Yep, this is fantastic. Cant stop listening. Brings out an inner feeling of belonging.

[@findpeaceindarkness1750]

Found on spotify, beautiful video, inspiring music! Thank you

[@whisperingpeaksphotography4347]

Always amazing work because Kati is an amazing talented soul. One of my all time favorite songs.

[@gregoryruairimullan2358]

Hi I would like to say I discovered your fabulous music last year and that you r one of best storytelling musician and the melodies and story’s that you sing are frankly awesome and I listen to a lot of folk music from different countries that I had privilege to live and work in , keep singing and enjoying telling the stories,I am from Ireland and currently in hospital for the last three weeks with a broken back and when I have u playing everybody wants to know who the songbird is , and some of ur songs are very similar to situations that have happed me in my life, u r a class talent and I wish u many more years of banging out the tunes man chara ❤ ur music

[@Kormak_Mak_Art]

How I listen to this song every time - as if it sounds a new and for the first time, and a lot of emotions! Brilliant! 🤠

[@_.missberry]

Uso esta canción para acercarme a mi misma. A la energía del ambiente

[@salis48]

More more and more and more of these, it will never be enough, there are no words to describe the music what have you created same for many others in this branch of music, its just beyond of this times and Era .

[@mjegzev]

Why is this not as popular as Wardruna?It's amazing!

[@Temujin1991]

Because not too many people know about her

[@robinfscott3832]

Because Wardruna is raw and natural, not made in a studio:kzbin.info/www/bejne/kJ_Ln5RtnMShapI

[@Gwenny_Black]

Because it was not hyped by Vikings.

[@bullbond4775]

Michele Giacomini because she doesn't actually understand the spiritual nature of the religion. This video may look good but it's actually incorrect.

[@TacDyne]

Most likely because she hasn't been involved with a number of TV shows yet, but that's just a guess. I love how the musicians all help each other on their works. I'm sure as Heilung grows in popularity, so will Kati.

[@surthorlathbrokk9963]

This Song is....WOW !!!

[@Edgargaza]

AWESOME MASTERPIECE! Hail Ásatrú

[@Kosmonaut63]

I'm not a Asatru...I'm new, but I agree brother ^^

[@nordlandswe4712]

>garcia >asatro vad i helvete

[@Edgargaza]

PYRO-SJ -63 You are welcome bro! :)

[@antonwaldenschlossert2944]

+GamePlayer "was in Hölle" bedeutet?

[@AlchemistsCookbook]

what is asatru? im from balkans, dont undersand it

[@aruvielevenstar3944]

We need more of this music

[@m.enigma9660]

kein plan, was ich besser find. den winter, die zwei doggys oder die singende dame, einfach genial...

[@justme5192]

May the spirit wolfs guide the pack into the vast marble distance, howling !!!!

[@anttityykila9384]

UKKO guides the wolfs

[@Lady_Lilium]

This song is so powerful. cheers from Panama

[@veganmusicactivists.2166]

My thoughts exactly this morning. Beautifully powerful also. :)

[@Raventooth]

I had a dream like this. I was running uphill in waist-deep snow and there were abnormally large black wolves chasing me. Three of them. The trees were black and lifeless. There were no leaves and the sky was overcast. Off in the distance behind me there was a pale woman with long dark hair woman wearing a black hood. Just as the wolves were closing in and I was getting tired I turned to look at her and she raised her hand and the wolves didn't rip me to shreds, as if she were controlling them.

[@PleaseStfuHoes]

I wonder who the woman is, could be the goddess Hekate but she only has two wolves

[@jormungandr6247]

I had such a dream.Coincidence?.