Nuori rakkaus [English translation]

When you turned your head in class,

I saw your eyes, and immediately

I had changed place with Tauno.

After school at the café

the gang sat smoking,

and at the till gazes were exchanged.

This is so new,

my love, I know.

Also so deceiving,

but nevertheless, I endure it.

Oh Leila,

I see you in my dream on a meadow by my side.

Leila, touch my hand in the entrance,

so that I can know if you are real.

Mmm, they whisper on that side of the street,

look at that - I almost die.

Yet I carve your name in the linden.

This is so new,

my love, I know.

Also so deceiving,

but nevertheless, I endure it.

When I saw you with Reino,

how the winter stroke me from behind,

and the birds changed their direction forever.

Now I sit together with Tauno.

He knows without asking,

as I got completely drunk for the first time.

This is so new,

my love, I know.

Also so deceiving,

but nevertheless, I endure it.

• Artist:Rauli Badding Somerjoki
• Album:Muotokuva 1 (1973)