Pirun saana [English translation]

The sauna's door is closed, it has swollen shut in the dampness

A maid can't get it open, the stones1blaze in the heat

The lady of the house came to help, both yank the door and get tired eventually

Can't get into the sauna, the door is shut and stays so

Strange folk are beating themselves with sauna whisks,2

Making quite a racket on the sauna's benches

Those devils came to the sauna

To get what belongs to them

"Master, step into the Devil’s sauna!"

Finally the master grabbed the handle, the door was wrenched open

The man disappeared into the sauna and the door was slammed shut

Water is poured on the stove from a tub, more wood in the stove

The mouth of the screaming master is being shut

The sauna is empty in the morning,

It invites mortals to come in

The ashes of the stove are still hot

The master's skin is found on the benches

1. There are stones on the sauna's stove and you throw water on them.2. People sometimes beat themselves with leafy birch twigs which are tied together.