Luulen niin [English translation]

Most futile of the futile

Everything under the sun is so futile

What has been, so shall be hereafter

The cycle of days is endless

The sun rises from the east and once more sets in the west

After it dies, the wind finds it circumvention again

I reckon so

I reckon so

So I turned my heart

To study everything with wisdom

What is being done and what happens

And dust I found once more

The wrong cannot become the right again

Where there is much wisdom, there is much sorrow

I reckon so

I reckon so

So I wanted to be happy

And do as I wanted

In the short days of my life

Enjoy the fruit of my efforts

I could indulge myself but a moment until I saw it once again

Time does not stop nor does it spin backwards

I reckon so

I reckon so

So I got bored with my life

Filled with the pursuit of wind

Into the buzzing of flies, in my ears

Turned these songs of mine

So will die the wise as will the fool

and so will evil vanish as beauty will fade

I reckon so

I reckon so

The time comes for all

And time will wipe everything away again

No-one knows their end

Or foresee their destination

Therefore I'll take in every moment I get

There is a time for love, a time for hate

I reckon so

I reckon so

I cannot carry doubt anymore

Finally I understand-

It's important to understand

That anything important you cannot understand

What you can speak of, cannot be the truth

And what you can express, isn't worth anything at all

I reckon so

I reckon so