Herraa hyvää kiittäkää [English translation]

Get a life; a nodding house

Stairs already decayed, rusty locks

Filthy windows don't let light through

In front of them barriers of board are put

Thank the good Lord

Thank the good Lord

Thank the good Lord

Thank the good Lord

Anxiety, poverty and malady into your bowl

Stir well, suffer and enjoy

Tormented flesh, skin and bones

Like an image of a cadaver you carry the cross

Thank the good Lord

Thank the good Lord - praise rejoicingly

Thank the good Lord

Thank the good Lord - praise rejoicingly

An escape route cannot be seen - thank

Take the burden and go - praise

An escape route cannot be seen - thank

Take the burden and go - praise

Thank the good Lord

Thank the good Lord - praise rejoicingly

Thank the good Lord

Thank the good Lord - praise rejoicingly

Wrench and tear or languish there

In rhyme you learn; you don't kill another (person)

A drooling devil smoulders in the soul

Sin is an animal free of chains

Thank the good Lord

Thank the good Lord - praise rejoicingly

Thank the good Lord

Thank the good Lord - praise rejoicingly

An escape route cannot be seen - thank

Take the burden and go - praise

An escape route cannot be seen - thank

Take the burden and go - praise