The yoik refers to old traditional stories (for instance about the meeting between the salmon and the coalfish [‘saithe’, ‘sáidi’, ‘sei’]) at Sieiddáguoika, placenames along the river (among them, the sacred mountain Rástegáisá and the mountain range of Áilegasat, quotations of existing well-known yoik expressions, here used to praise the proud and wondrous salmon; further Sámi concepts for salmon at different stages in its life, and towards the end the yoik comments on the loss of local management of the waterway, and how the river banks are becoming colonized by grass and trees due to climate change and less vehement spring flooding with the ice breaking on the waters (as it used to be).

Ieš johka – meaning ‘the River itself’, but simultanously also the tributary Iešjohka

Márkannjárga – The Village at the River Bend = Kárašjohka

Oaivái, čoarvái ja čeavlái – a famous line of a yoik about the proud young men from Kárašjohka, here as a praising line for the dignified salmon

Sieiddáguoika – the strong current at Deanušaldi/ Tanabru where the salmon persuaded the coalfish to give up its dream of swimming up the Deatnu River.

Duovvi, diddi, luoss-juolgi / čuonzá čakčat, vuorru giđđat – Sámi terms for different kinds of salmon, in the summer and the following spring after the salmon has stayed the whole winter in the river.

Lu-lu-lu go lu-lu-lu – marking the musical yoiking parts.