Translation of the song Linnunmieli artist Värttinä

Lenteleisin kuin koivunlehti

I would like to fly like birch leaf

Liiteleisin kuin lintu pieni

I would like to fly like a small bird

Vaan en oo lintu lentäjäksi

But I am not a bird that flies

Koivunlehtenä liehuvaksi

But I am not fluttering birch leaf

Suuri korpi kotinani, kotinani, korpi kotinani

Big swamp is my home, my home, swamp is my home

Päällä katto katajainen, katajainen, katto katajainen

The roof is made from juniper, roof from juniper

Rannat kierrän kujat kuljen,

I walk the beaches, and go the alleys

kujat kuljen, rannat kujat kuljen

go the alleys, walk the alleys and beaches

Ahon laidat alittelen,

I pass underneath the glades

alittelen, laidat alittelen

i pass underneath, i pass underneath the glades

Lenteleisin kuin koivunlehti

I would like to fly like birch leaf

Liiteleisin kuin lintu pieni

I would like to fly like a small bird

Taivaan alla ilmojen yllä

under the skies above the sights

Meren sinisellä sylillä

in the blue arms of the see

Nousisin linnun liitimille

I would rise where birds fly

Lentäisin lahelle laajalle

I would fly to a large bay

Vaan en oo lintu lentäjäksi

But I am not a bird that flies

Koivunlehtenä liehuvaksi

But I am not fluttering birch leaf

Niin on pitkät miun pihani,

My yards are so long

miun pihani, pitkät miun pihani

my yards, so long are my yards

Kuin on pitkät pilven reunat,

The edges of clouds are long

pilven reunat, pitkät pilven reunat

the edges of clouds, long are the edges of clouds

Niin on kylmät kynnykseni,

So cold are my sills

kynnykseni, kylmät kynnykseni

my sills, cold sills (at least i think, it is sills, that they are talking about here)

Kuin on kylmät kosken kuohut,

So cold are outbursts of waterfalls

kosken kuohut, kylmät kosken kuohut

outbursts of waterfalls, cold outbursts of waterfalls