Miinan laulu [English translation]

Blue and red roses

grew on a cliff.

The same kind of a wooer should

a young girl have.

Oh, if I'd get that rose

stomped into the ground.

Oh, if I'd get that pretty boy

lured to my side.

My sweetheart played the accordion

and I went to listen.

Well, the accordion was placed on a dresser

and we started kissing.

I am that little girl

and I'm like a violin string.

When I walk on the road,

boys would like some.

Oh, you fool, for paying a markka1

when I got some for a kopek2.

Well I got some in a bed under a blanket,

and you got some on the floor.

Give me, hag, the pretty boy

and give him without a fight.

I'll take him anyway

and won't let him stay a boy.

Love burns in us

like oil in cotton lint.

During the day in the spirit's swaying

and in dreams at night.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish_markka2. 1/100 ruble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruble