Translation of the song Työttömän valssi artist Mikko Perkoila
Työttömän valssi
The Waltz Of The Unemployed
Kun kuljin kulkurin lailla
When I wandered like a hobo
oli mullekin käynyt niin,
It had happened to me too,
et työtä mä olin myös vailla,
I didn't have a job,
menin tehtaisiin ja kaivoksiin,
I went to the factories and mines,
vaan kaikkial silloin sain kuulla vain sen:
But everywhere all I heard was:
Come around again, yes, come around again!
Come around again, yes, come around again!
Ehkä jos joskus viel tarvitaan,
Maybe some day we'll need you,
ei tiedä, vaan come around again!
I don't know, but come around again!
Kun nälkääkin aloin jo tuntemaan
When I started to feel hungry
leipälainista lohtua hain.
I looked for help in the breadline.
Vaan kaik oli ehditty jakamaan
But they had already distributed everything
minä tyhjänä palata sain.
I had to leave with an empty stomach.
Ja jakaja mulle vaan taas sanoi sen:
And again the distributor said to me:
Come around again, yes, come around again!
Come around again, yes, come around again!
Taas huomenna jos sulla nälkä on,
If you're hungry again tomorrow,
niin sitten sä come around again!
Then you come around again!
Mä huonetta etsin nyt itsellein
Now I'm looking for a room
mis yöt edes nukkua vois,
So I might at least sleep the night,
vaan pettyivät siinäkin toivehein
but my hopes were crushed again,
sillä kaik oli vuokrattu pois.
for all the rooms had been rented away.
Ja jokainen heistä taas mul sanoi sen:
And again everyone told me:
Come around again, yes, come around again!
Come around again, yes, come around again!
Jos sattuisi joku pois muuttamaan,
In case someone happens to move away,
ei tiedä, vaan come around again!
you never know, but come around again!
Myös entisen lemmityn tapasin
I also met many old sweetheart
mä kerran näin matkallani.
during my travels.
Jo naimisis oli, siks arvelin,
She was already married, so I figured.
hän kotiinsa mun kutsuvi.
she might invite me to her home.
Taas erehdyin sillä sain kuulla taas sen:
I was wrong again, and again I got to hear:
Come around again, yes, come around again!
Come around again, yes, come around again!
Taas joskus kun ukko taas työssä on,
Sometime when my husband is at work,
niin sitten sä come around again!
then you come around again!
Mä mietin jo taivaaseen matkustaa
Finally I considered travelling to heaven
ja jättää tään maa toiseen maa.
And leaving this land for another.
Vaan pikkaisen vielä se peloittaa,
But I'm a little concerner,
et sielläkin vartoa saan.
That I'll have to wait there too.
Jos Pietari portilla sanookin näin:
What if Peter says at the gate:
Come around again, yes, come around again!
Come around again, yes, come around again!
Aaprahin helma on täysin nyt,
Abraham's bosom is full now,
vaan keväällä come around again!
But next spring come around again!
Vaik nälissäin kuljen niin kuitenkin
Though I walk around hungry
siit lohtua rintani saa,
I get comfort from the knowledge,
kun tiedän et vuorostaan herratkin
That one day the masters will in turn
leipälainissa viel jonottaa.
Have to queue in the breadline.
Ja silloin saan sanoa minäkin näin:
And then it'll be my turn to say:
Come around again, come around again!
Come around again, come around again!
Hyödyllist työtä kun ensin teet,
When you've done some useful work,
niin sitten sä come around again!
Then you come around again!
Ja silloin saan sanoa minäkin näin:
And then it'll be my turn to say:
Come around again, yes, come around again!
Come around again, yes, come around again!
Hyödyllist työtä kun ensin teet,
When you've done some useful work,
niin sitten sä come around again!
Then you come around again!