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Listen to a brief mp3 sample of this song, performed live by Pepe in 1998, by clicking here
Taas viestinviejää tarvitaan. |
The messenger is needed once again |
Laittaudun jo vartoomaan. |
I'm getting prepared and am waiting |
Pegasus vain valjaisiin |
Pegasus is harnessed |
ja Hermes suitsiin kultaisiin. |
And Hermes takes the golden bridle |
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Ne tunnustuksen vieköön: |
They bring the confession to you |
sut vielä saavutan. |
I will reach you someday |
Sun piilos missä liekään, |
Wherever your hideaway is |
sua kaukaa kurkoitan. |
I'm reaching to you from afar |
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Niin vanhaan nahkahaarniskaan |
So I'll cram into the old leather armour |
ahtaudun, kun vihjeen saan. |
When I get a hint |
Mä luokses kiidän paljain päin |
I'm coming to you bareheaded |
ja kuriirit käy edelläin. |
and the couriers precede me |
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Ne tunnustuksen vieköön: |
They bring the confession to you |
sut vielä saavutan. |
I will reach you someday |
Sun piilos missä liekään, |
Wherever your hideaway is |
sua kaukaa kurkoitan. |
I'm reaching to you from afar |
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Mun kylmä on ja nukuttaa. |
I'm cold and sleepy |
Tän ruumiin voisin hukuttaa |
I could drown this body |
mä Suomenlahteen tosta vaan. |
In the Gulf of Finland just like that |
Mut Hermes saapuu muassaan |
But Hermes arrives with |
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tuo vastaus ja silloin |
The answer and then |
mä nousen alhostain. |
I rise from my deep despair |
Nyt tiedän mistä milloin |
Now I know from where and when |
sinut löydän rakkaimpain. |
I can find you my darling |
Here's the Finnish version ... all possible errors are my fault. I've listened to a live version performed by Pepe Willberg in late 1998 to transcribe the lyrics. Hermes (Pandora's Box) starts off as the original but slowly diverges to a story of a guy missing his woman. He uses Hermes to send his message to the girl and just as he is about to drown himself in the Gulf of Finland (= Suomenlahti) Hermes brings her reply. A happy ending!
Thanks, Rainer Frilund
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