Kotkan poikii ilman siipii [English translation]

We were sitting on the shore, the harmonica was playing

The wave hit the rocks rippling

What I was dreaming of I can not remember

I just felt contended

It's only certain, that the dreams of mine

Were never fulfilled

How I miss to be with my friend

As fate so far apart us drove

Sons of Kotka without wings

The storms of the world sway

Behind are the days of youth

Return they won't

The songs of the wind I only hear

And I know of nothing more beautiful

The quiet harmonica plays memories only

To the table of a one alone

Otherwise I wouldn't be sitting here

If I wasn't a stranger

Friend, stay with me for a moment more

Even though you are an unknown

Once these sails of mine blackened

Have also been white

Sons of Kotka without wings

The storms of the world sway

Behind are the days of youth

Return they won't

The songs of the wind I only hear

And I know of nothing more beautiful

Friend, listen as my companion

Almost like the swells would play

In the night like ships we meet

Until we slide apart again

Perhaps to you as well I can tell

The failed wishes of mine

Far did not carry the wings of

A wounded eaglet.

Sons of Kotka without wings

The storms of the world sway

Behind are the days of youth

Return they won't

The songs of the wind I only hear

And I know of nothing more beautiful

• Artist:Juha Vainio
• Album:Sellaista elämä on (1983)