Pohjoisen taivaan alla [English translation]

Father earned a paltry craftsman's wage...

It's a bluntness of the saw blade,

or a roughness of the smoothing plane?

Thoughts when waking boozed again

in a never-ending line.

Got beaten every Christmas.

Just averting death by sharpened knife.

A single kiss if not your wife,

you can join the host divine.

Under a northern sky we

barely got the basics seen to.

With alms from those sat highly,

make a couple humble dreams true.

Barefooted through an Africa of flames...

We finally surrendered

that drought-beleaguered place of birth.

fatigue-becloaked and rage-begirthed,

I led the tribe toward

a land of coruscating wonder,

where lakes abound, in winters freeze.

Time for someone else to please

the servants now in turn.

Under a northern sky we

barely got the basics seen to.

With alms from those sat highly,

made a couple humble dreams true.

Pith helmet will protect you from the glare...

A postcard with a picture

saying "Greetings from the Andes peaks,

this man is wrecked and comfort seeks

off a young girl's loins.

If anyone could tell me

how thick it is, this ozone layer.

I'm losing both the fight and hair,

'Enjoy life!', Doc enjoins."

Under a northern sky we

barely got the basics seen to.

With alms from those sat highly,

made a couple humble dreams true.