Vapaus johtaa kansaa [English translation]

A grayer dawn may yet come

A still night will yet arrive

For a moment life may be winning

Then you may turn your eyes away

Still at times you hear laughter

Growing more bitter by the day

Still the wings slice the air

Growing darker by the moment

refrain:

If I were a bird, would I flounder in oil somewhere?

If I were a wolf of snowdrifts, I would soon be howling for the last time

If I were a lake, would I have already overgrown?

If I was still a child, what color a sky would I be seeing?

Those things never concerned us

We only eat, drink, and mate

Maximize profits, soon we will die

Ascend to the Nirvana of winners

Life is not precious to us

We celebrate the might of the strongest one

We are images of our fathers and mothers

Soon old and bitter

refrain

With our blue eyes closed from the world 'til the grave

We now march victoriously straight down the precipice

Freedom! Leads the people!

Freedom! Leads the people!