Ylpeä sydän [English translation]

1st verse:

If I were wiser

and my heart was humbler

If I always thought clearly

I’d wake up early

I’d wake up early

I’d buy a rose, and another

And my embrace would be warm

As it still was yesterday

 

2nd verse:

If I were prettier

And less temperamental

If I thought gentler of the others

I’d wake up early

I’d wake up early

Comb my hair in a nicer way

And my smile would be warm

As it still was yesterday

 

Chorus:

I’m a fool with a proud heart

A fool with a proud heart,

a fool with a proud heart

And I don’t know how to stop!

 

3rd verse:

One, two, three hearts go broke

The one that shall remain in one piece is yet to be found.

I can spend my mornings

grown fixed to someone’s rib later

When I wake up the ships have sailed away

My driver’s license has been confiscated and there are no more trains to hop on

The wind on the pier makes the final touch by blowing away even those

who did not meet my criteria.

 

(Chorus + some ‘oohs’ and ‘aahs’ leading to the bridge)

(Instrumental bridge)

 

Ad lib:

(If I were wiser

and my heart was humbler

I would always think clearly

I’d wake up early)

(I’d wake up early

I’d buy a rose, and another

And my embrace would be warm

As it still was yesterday)

 

Collision / outro:

(If I were prettier

And less temperamental...)

I’m a fool with a proud heart...

 

(...If I thought gentler of the others

I’d wake up early.)

A fool with a proud heart...

 

(I’d wake up early

Comb my hair in a nicer way.

If I were wiser...)

...a fool with a proud heart,

and I don’t know how to stop!

 

(...and my heart was humbler,

I would always think clearly

I’d wake up early.)

A fool with a proud heart,

a fool with a proud heart,

a fool with a proud heart...

 

(I’d wake up early

I’d buy a rose, and another.)

A fool with a proud heart,

And I don’t know how to stop...