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Mutusen wrote:Pauhaava sydän Thundering (?) heart Thundering/roaring heart

Ei rikkaus oo rakkautta rikkaampaa Richness is not richer in love Richness isn't richer than love
rakkaus oo rikkautta rakkaampaa Love isn't dearer than richness
Jos rakkaus on suoraa ja rikkaus väärää If love is right and richness wrong If love is straight and richness twisted/wrong
kuka suoran säätää ja väärän määrää Who determines 'straight' and 'twisted/wrong'?

Ei tunne oo järkeä köyhempää The feeling is not poorer in reason Emotion is not poorer than reason
köyhä on järki ja tunne käypää The reason is poor and the feeling decent Reason is poor and emotion valid/useable
Jos tunne on suoraa ja järki väärää If feeling is right and reason wrong If emotion is straight and reason twisted/wrong
kuka järjen säätää ja tunteen määrää Who determines 'reason' and 'emotion'?

Mun täytyy rakastaa nä elämät roskiin I must love these lives to the trash (i.e. to a state where they can be thrown away)
mun sydän pauhaava ku kuohuva koski My heart, thundering as a roaring rapid
Se muille mitä tekee tahdo en kuulla What it does to others I don't want to hear
välistä rakkaus tahtoo elää ja kuolla Sometimes love wants to live and die
Mut sun lähelläs mieli peilityyni on But near you the mind is still

Ei kauneus oo rumuutta kauniimpaa Beauty is not more beautiful in ugliness Beauty is not more beautiful than ugliness
ruma on kaunis ja kaunis rumaa Ugly is beautiful and beautiful ugly
Jos ruma on suoraa ja kaunis väärää If ugly is right and beautiful wrong See above corrections .
kuka kauniin säätää ja ruman määrää See above.

Ei valhe oo viisautta tyhmempää Lie is not more stupid in wisdom Lie is not more stupid than wisdom
onko totuus viisas ja valhe kierää Is the truth wise and the lie twisted (<- not sure, it sounds like a dialectal variation of 'kieroa/kiertynyttä')
Jos valhe on suoraa ja totuus väärää If lie is right and truth wrong
kuka valheet säätää ja totuuden määrää

Mun täytyy rakastaa nä elämät roskiin
mun sydän pauhaava ku kuohuva koski
Se muille mitä tekee tahdo en kuulla
välistä rakkaus tahtoo elää ja kuolla
(2x)
Mut sun lähelläs mieli peilityyni on

What I translated doesn't really make sense, so I hope someone can help me.

csjc wrote:Could any of you Finnish speakers be so kind as to translate the song I posted above? It's already been quite a while but I'm still really confused about the meaning/love the song so any help would be appreciated. Kiitos!

Varislintu wrote:Swim, swim, mallard,
swim to this shore;
build your nest here
by its birch tree

Set out, set out, little boat,
set out in my haven;
from your boat, young maiden,
step into my dwelling place!

Here is a place prepared
for you of moss;
come, come, sweetheart
become a partner for me

Here are sweet waves and
great pines sway;
birches gracefully
lean out and brush the water.

Varislintu wrote:jlv305, unlike the other one, this song is in Swedish. You might want to post it in the Swedish forum for better luck with the IPA .

Varislintu wrote:These Kalevala-ish things are difficult to translate, but I gave it a shot :

jlv305 wrote:

Varislintu wrote:These Kalevala-ish things are difficult to translate, but I gave it a shot :

Thanks Varislintu for the translation. It's a little difficult for me to understand the poem completely, but it gives me an idea of what the song is about.

Varislintu wrote:It's basically a complicated way to express that there was a wood chip floating in a body of water because a young man was carving a boat upstream in order to go find a wife .

Danial wrote:Moi!

Hey guys, I know this is pretty random and probably my very first post on the Finnish forum but I'm thinking of starting a Finnish through music kinda site! I was wondering if it would be a good idea, as I'm sure it will help a lot of Finnish learners learn as much as I have, I just wanna know what you guys think ^^

I've already got a rough idea how I want to set it up

Well, I've been learning Finnish "seriously" for over a month haha although I've played around with it since two years ago.

Been listening to awesome bands/artists such as

Haloo Helsinki!, Chisu, Irina, PMMP, Stella, TikTak, Katri Ylander well there are more but too long to list ^^ and I'm looking forward to the release of Chisu's, Haloo Helsinki's and Antti Tuisku's albums this year

So yeah opinions?

Kiitos!

ILuvEire wrote:

Danial wrote:Moi!

Hey guys, I know this is pretty random and probably my very first post on the Finnish forum but I'm thinking of starting a Finnish through music kinda site! I was wondering if it would be a good idea, as I'm sure it will help a lot of Finnish learners learn as much as I have, I just wanna know what you guys think ^^

I've already got a rough idea how I want to set it up

Well, I've been learning Finnish "seriously" for over a month haha although I've played around with it since two years ago.

Been listening to awesome bands/artists such as

Haloo Helsinki!, Chisu, Irina, PMMP, Stella, TikTak, Katri Ylander well there are more but too long to list ^^ and I'm looking forward to the release of Chisu's, Haloo Helsinki's and Antti Tuisku's albums this year

So yeah opinions?

Kiitos!

I think that's a wonderful idea! I'd help you in anyway I could!

Some other good artists to look for: Kotiteollisuus, Teräsbetoni, or Itkevä Tyttö. And do you know when Chisu's album is coming out, I've gotta get it!