Puhu äänellä jonka kuulen [English translation]

Which one are you afraid of: noise or peace?

Which one do you avoid: loneliness or the crowd?

Why are you crying when, at the neighbour's, somebody's child is laughing?

You are deep water, the mountain inaccessible

A forgotten attic, you are a titanic shell

Why are you crying when, at the neighbour's, somebody's child is laughing?

Why are you crying when, on the radio, somebody's singing about love?

Speak with the voice I can hear,

with the words I understand,

With poems I comprehend.

For you, subtitles are necessary,

The one who decodes your secrets,

The narrator omniscient;

Speak with the voice I can hear.

I'm simple, always without explanation;

You are a complex map, a journey in a foreign land.

Why are you crying when on the radio somebody's singing about love?

Speak with the voice I can hear

with the words I understand,

With poems I comprehend.

For you, subtitles are necessary,

The one who decodes your secrets,

The narrator omniscient;

Speak with the voice I can hear.