Lähes onnellinen mies [English translation]

I may have randomly

Or purposefully

Or just by accident

Sometimes happened to say:

I am an almost happy man!

Others are so afraid of death

That they are unable to live;

In a hurry to achieve

Something maybe larger than life...

When I read the autumn leaves

And suffer from summer hangover

I want to catch up again

Without having to hurry -

I am an almost happy man!

It may be that I'll never finish anything

By just painting the sky

I still have obtained almost everything

With which to fill my heart;

I am an almost happy man!

We count the shooting stars

And under the blood red maple tree

We feel how fragile are

The signs of winter about to begin...

I have been afraid to leave

Yet ran away so many times

I won't leave anymore, I'll live now -

I have come back from far away;

I am an almost happy man!

It may be that I'll never finish anything

By just painting the sky

I still have obtained almost everything

With which to fill my heart;

I am an almost happy man!

I may have randomly

Or purposefully

Or just by accident

Sometimes happened to say:

I am an almost happy man!