R-a-k-a-s [English translation]

Lal-lal-laa-la-la-lal-lal...

When I went home from the town

I saw a peasant on the street

You'll find a girl so dark

Pretty as a mare

Said that friend of mine

She's by the river where the conifers smell pleasant

I give you one advice: throw away everything else on your mind

I threw away everything for a woman,

how so and what kind of

I trusted a boy from the hayfield

And not unnecessarily at all,

lal-lal-laa-la-la-lal-lal...

D-E-A-R, love, my love

I said so and made it clear

We'll get married in the country

I won't go to the city anymore

You've gotten so beautiful

I don't know how to say it any better

D-E-A-R, love, my love

I made a useless trip there

Only here the conifers smell pleasant and the good old Moon shines

It's a blessing that we get to

Gaze at the moon and love in the country again

I remember that girl so well

I remember how we kissed

When I rode towards Helsinki on my bicycle

So we separated

She stayed by the river where the conifers smell pleasant

I'll carry her home from there

Kiss her 'till her lips wear through

I'll throw away everything for a woman

I do know what kind of

There's no match for you

No matter how I'd search,

lal-lal-laa-la-la-lal-la...

D-E-A-R, love, my love

I said so and made it clear

We'll get married in the country

I won't go to the city anymore

You've gotten so beautiful

I don't know how to say it any better

D-E-A-R, love, my love

I made a useless trip there

Only here the conifers smell pleasant and the good old Moon shines

It's a blessing that we get to

Gaze at the moon and love in the country again

Lal-lal-laa-la-la-lal-lal...

• Artist:Tapani Kansa