Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professiona… Read Full Bio ↴Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish heavy metal singer-songwriter. She is a soprano with a three-octave range.

Turunen studied singing at Sibelius Academy and Hochschule für Musik Karlsruhe. She is a professional classical lied singer, and the former lead vocalist of the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish, which she founded with Tuomas Holopainen and Emppu Vuorinen in 1996. Their combination of hard and fast guitar riffs with Turunen's dramatic, "operatic" lead vocals quickly achieved critical and commercial popularity. Their symphonic metal style, soon dubbed "opera metal", inspired many other metal bands and performers.

Turunen was dismissed from the band on 21 October 2005 (just after the performance of the band's End of an Era concert) for personal reasons. She started her solo career in 2006 with the release of a Christmas album called Henkäys ikuisuudesta. In 2007, Turunen released My Winter Storm, an album featuring various styles including symphonic metal, and started the Storm World Tour. She performed several concerts in Europe, playing in metal festivals including the Graspop Metal Meeting and the Wacken Open Air, before releasing her third album, What Lies Beneath, supported by a tour, which lasted until April 2012. Her first live DVD Act I was filmed during this tour on 30 and 31 March 2012 in Rosario, Argentina. Act I was released in August 2012. Turunen started the Colours in the Dark World Tour in October 2013 to promote her new album Colours in the Dark. Her second live DVD was filmed during the events of Beauty and the Beat and was released in May.

In September 2015, Tarja Turunen released her first classical studio album, Ave Maria – En Plein Air. In August 2016 she released The Shadow Self with a prequel EP The Brightest Void released on 3 June. Her latest album In the Raw, was released on 30 August 2019.

Pie Jesu
Tarja & Tarja Turunen Lyrics

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Pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem
Pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu
Qui tollis peccata mundi
Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem
Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei
Qui tollis peccata mundi

Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem
Sempiternam

Sempiternam
Requiem

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Tarja Turunen's Pie Jesu are drawn from the traditional Latin Catholic Mass, specifically the Requiem Mass. The lyrics begin with "Pie Jesu," which translates to "Merciful Jesus," and the repeated phrase "Qui tollis peccata mundi" means "who takes away the sins of the world." The lyrics express a plea for mercy for the departed souls.

The repetition of the phrase "dona eis requiem" throughout the song means "grant them rest," further emphasizing the prayerful and reverential tone of the lyrics. The final lines, "sempiternam requiem," translate to "eternal rest," bringing the song to a peaceful conclusion.

Overall, the lyrics of Pie Jesu convey a solemn yet hopeful tone, seeking comfort and mercy for the departed souls.

Line by Line Meaning

Pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu, pie Jesu
Oh merciful Jesus, oh merciful Jesus, oh merciful Jesus, oh merciful Jesus

Qui tollis peccata mundi
Who takes away the sins of the world

Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem
Grant them rest, grant them rest

Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei, Agnus Dei
Lamb of God, Lamb of God, Lamb of God, Lamb of God

Qui tollis peccata mundi
Who takes away the sins of the world

Dona eis requiem, dona eis requiem
Grant them rest, grant them rest

Sempiternam
Forever

Requiem
Rest

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