Hei, that is not satisfactory, only Finns can know what is said there. But not now, since I translated this song from Aurinko, (the Sun), the first album of their I have and their first on EMI. (I still think Katherine's wheel is some kind of torture thing, I read it somewhere, but have forgotten. Anyway, hope makes sense, I am bold in translation.)

By CMX

Katariinanpyörä

 

Hands on the morrow

on way toward the body

of another's warmth

another's hinterwhere home

and songs of the moon

songs of the stars

songs of humans good

 

Through the empty roads it blows

the wind carries words along

another's tender words

the recollection of another's piety

and songs of a man

songs of a woman

songs of an animal good

 

There was a book, in it stood

and of evenings was spoken of at houses

that henceforth it is hard to go further

that henceforth a man can no longer go

one must stay here one may sit in the dust

think in words, think in pictures,

that look upon themselves

one can forget what one was.

 

Or one can in the Wheel of Catherine

bound by hands

ever so slowly revolve

against the sounds of quietude.

Katariinanpyörä, the wheel of Catherine, was that some kind of torture mechanism, I have forgotten.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds-XriciRR4

And last page I edited at the last moment sleeping in my car over this, though this a fine song, dunno why: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EvpYdXjE0Rc&ob=av2e

Oh well, I edited that over this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxWyAtA7-OY&ob=av2n

What's it with Roxette and being very slightly drunk?

Oh and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5fn1DfqPfA&ob=av3e

Well I would answer that with this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw_tIXKbSSw

And still of Mamba (credits T.Vaara), couldn't find a Youtube link, this is an very great song.

Eilinen on mennyt(Yesterday is gone)

Yesterday is gone,

I will not get that back,

yet of the past time

why should I long for

Though the years have taken,

A lot with them,

I can be happy,

I'm free to journey.

For life is the greatest of adventures,

for that who dares to live,

and I know that each of us

has the keys to happiness in our pockets.

Love it is rare,

and true friendship,

but what for everyone is truly known

is loneliness.

but still at your side

you can find,

the attachment to happiness,

perhaps a feeling enduring.

For life is the greatest of the adventures,

for that who dares to live,

and I know that each of us

has the keys to happiness in our pockets.

So take the chance bravely,

these once-in-a-life-time moments

each day is worth gold

and time that you cannot get back.

This road is sometimes stony

and heavy to travel

one cannot in oneself always

really truly believe

But with a trusting mind

one gazes unto tomorrow

who finds significance

in each day

For life is the greatest of the adventures,

for that who dares to live,

and I know that each of us

has the keys to happiness in our pockets.

Oh well, I thought to put this in too, Saa koskettaa (One is allowed to touch):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOCIHtj2qLk

Saa koskettaa (It is allowed to touch)

Don't say,

I know

that you cannot live

without tenderness

you are alike me too

should it be coincidence

that we met

How we look at each other tell

you are not alone now

the feeling is mutual

and wishes

vain wishes

they have one by one

all been fulfilled

When you draw nearer

and take my hand

you make me dive deeper

ever within your eyes

one is allowed to touch

one cannot resist

Somewhere there

in the dark

I know you're there

and listen

to the changed silence

to the things that can't be said aloud

and again

as you come fast to me

the world begins anew

when I get to be near you

and burn of desire

one is allowed to touch

one cannot resist

And this song, I had been listening to songs I'd translated here, no these I'd linked but not translated.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7iJao8pAjA

On vielä kesää jäljellä (There's still Summer left)

You still seek a chance,

you long for something, seek for new,

It is as though the hot summer

had already gone its way

But there will still be those

warm nights which you had

for the whole long winter

striven to out wait for

There is still summer left

there will still be beautiful days

you can still find a friend,

you yet will get a chance.

The summer gives you alot,

while its warmth bears you in its embrace.

That time you will wish to last forevermore.

Life is alike a dream

the whole creation abloom,

the heart but awaits a new chance.

And this one, which is kind of sweet but shocking:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y08eys2zN7Y

Pohjois-Karjalaan (To North Karelia)

I wanted to meet Anneli,

for I knew her to still search out for me

Oh and life didn't give so much

the rainbow ended at a kebab

those who threw up at restaurant tables were laughed at

Dam-dididam-dididam-dididamdamdamdam-dam

Dam-dididam-dididam-dididamdamdamdam-dam

I shall leave for North Karelia,

change the jeans for work out trousers

to home state North Karelia,

shall drink beer till the morning comes.

Travelling through the side corner of life

I still hope to find my luck somewhere

And I would not claim too much,

something with which to buy the night

maintainence payments I would cover with a lottery ticket

Dam-dididam-dididam-dididamdamdamdam-dam

Dam-dididam-dididam-dididamdamdamdam-dam

I shall leave for North Karelia,

change the jeans for work out trousers

to home state North Karelia,

shall drink beer till the morning comes.

Although I lost my notes in life

I still garnish the shards of my happiness

For if ever I did you wrong

I could have been more difficult

I always still did try my best for both sides anyway

Dam-dididam-dididam-dididamdamdamdam-dam

Dam-dididam-dididam-dididamdamdamdam-dam

I shall leave for North Karelia,

change the jeans for work out trousers

to home state North Karelia,

shall drink beer till the morning comes.

My girl of North Karelia...

Everybody Knows by Leonard Cohen:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUfS8LyeUyM

Hei, but this is a translation for this

By CMX

Linnunrata (The Milky Way)

Each Spring it feels like the years grow darker

the leaves in the trees shine unto the night through colours damper, ever

Each day meanders down slightly afore the last

the faces of those dear to you are ever slightly paler than in your memories

 

Soon, tell me soon

that there is still time

soon, tell me

that the story but begins

 

Into Heavens, beyond the moon

beyond milky ways

into heights, to wonders

like the longing of man

there flies over the blanket of the sky

a wondrous dark bird

to freedom

 

One man bribes his fate with mundane gold

one man builds a mountain of works of virtue that shows up to the skies

One man treads his path with careful deliberation

One man wastes his love for fallings in love and ever

 

Soon, tell me soon

that there is still time

soon, tell me

that life but begins

 

Into the Heavens, beyond the moon

beyond milky ways

into heights, to wonders

like the longing of man

there flies over the blanket of the sky

a wondrous dark bird

to freedom

 

It is winter and night as in songs

lovers lie in the snow

they fathom angels

they see in the frost

they stare into the starry sky's

arched vault's threads of light

Hand entwined to hand

breast fast to breast.

Looking at the CMX web pages,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRmsZq5PDPs

The lyrics of this song translate in English as:

Palvelemaan konetta(to serve the machine)

Into a strange place you exiled yourself,

without reason to the land of the guilty

you nested in the heavy houses

within the shrieking rooms

What are they doing to you there

who has scraped off your name

your name, your face, the mind of yours splendid

for to serve the machine

A long time ago spring wilted

(wasted without care)

the deep and vibrant grove of life

it so enticed you...

The swirl is monstrous, it is so powerful,

a rage, hideous, unthwarted.

Cold, so cold, it is cold on the broads

and cold is served even unto homes.

Frosted, so frosted, are hearts frozen

and the crack in the sheet of ice in your head is a new crack.

If you should reminisce how it should be: beauty

remorse or concord or honesty

No one will listen, no one will hear

the gates of damnation lie ahead.

The brave world of easy cures

wishes to quench your ardour,

your mind, in the lye bleach,

put you in its ranks, which are a graveyard.

Together by Pet Shop boys:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nej-Dj016Lo&ob=av2e

I dug up a diamond by mark knopfler and emmylou harris from their real live roadrunning:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9_vd3gX_y4

Centre of My Heart by Roxette! :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlIVkDzmEKg

And Désenchantée:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUQZZW2GrAA

Pohjoista leveyttä by CMX, Isohaara:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HpPQ0oMLMc

And Lihan syvyyksiin again, there's the lyrics on top:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4BABxJ4AaI