Translation of the song Rentun ruusu artist Irwin Goodman

Saat multa horsman, se rentun ruusu on.

You get a willowherb from me, it is a bum's rose.

Sen poimin tuolta maantieojasta.

I picked it over there in the ditch by the road.

Saat multa horsman, se rentun ruusu on.

You get a willowherb from me, it is a bum's rose.

Kun juoppolalli tuli pojasta.

When the boy became a drunkard.

Olen viikon ollut tiettömällä tiellä,

I have been off the beaten road for a week,

rapakosta krapulassa heräsin.

across the puddle I woke up with a hangover.

Eivät ruusut kuki eikä tuoksu siellä.

The roses neither grow nor smells there.

Yhden horsman mukaan keräsin.

I picked one willowherb.

Sinne maantieojaan viimein taju sammui,

The last sense of the ditch by the road died out,

niinkuin sikaröhkin kuravedessä.

like a pig's grunt in muddy water.

Sittisontiainen pörräs, lehmä ammui.

The dung beetle hummed, the cow mooed.

Paluu arkeen oli edessä.

The return of the weekday was ahead.

Saat multa horsman, se rentun ruusu on.

You get a willowherb from me, it is a bum's rose.

Sen poimin tuolta maantieojasta.

I picked it over there in the ditch by the road.

Saat multa horsman, se rentun ruusu on.

You get a willowherb from me, it is a bum's rose.

Kun juoppolalli tuli pojasta.

When the boy became a drunkard.

Tämä horsmankukka on kuin antajansa,

This willowherb flower is like its giver,

rikkaruoho elon yrttitarhassa.

weed in life's herb garden.

Voiko muuta tuoda renttu reissultansa?

Can the bum bring something else from his journey?

Hortoiltuaan kauan harhassa.

The mooching about for a long time in an illusion.

Tämän lahjan annan silti sydämestä,

Nevertheless, I give this present from my heart,

niinkuin anteekspyynnön katumuksenkin.

like an apology of remorse.

Pian se kuihtuu, ei se maljakossa kestä

Soon it wilts, it does not last in the vase,

niin käy joka lupauksenkin

like it happens for every promise.

Saat multa horsman, se rentun ruusu on.

You get a willowherb from me, it is a bum's rose.

Sen poimin tuolta maantieojasta.

I picked it over there in the ditch by the road.

Saat multa horsman, se rentun ruusu on.

You get a willowherb from me, it is a bum's rose.

Kun juoppolalli tuli pojasta.

When the boy became a drunkard.

Saat multa horsman, se rentun ruusu on.

You get a willowherb from me, it is a bum's rose.

Sen poimin tuolta maantieojasta.

I picked it over there in the ditch by the road.

Saat multa horsman, se rentun ruusu on.

You get a willowherb from me, it is a bum's rose.

Kun juoppolalli tuli pojasta.

When the boy became a drunkard.

Saat multa horsman, se rentun ruusu on.

You get a willowherb from me, it is a bum's rose.

Sen poimin tuolta maantieojasta.

I picked it over there in the ditch by the road.

Saat multa horsman, se rentun ruusu on.

You get a willowherb from me, it is a bum's rose.

Kun juoppolalli tuli pojasta.

When the boy became a drunkard.