On the 6th meeting, the topic was famous people in Finland and in Hungary.
Hungary has a Holywood star – Lugosi Béla. He became famous by playing Dracula. We also were talking about mandatory book reading that is in the primary school.
In the restaurant the raidio (Iskelmä) was on and they played Finnish songs only. Many of the old Finnish songs are covers from famous songs. There was one song that we translated to English. 🙂
Popeda – mä elän vieläkin
(Popeda – I am still alive)
Original Version:
Jimmy Webb – Highwayman
Mä tapoin miehen (I killed a man)
Sain maineen puukkojunkkarin (Got a reputation of a killer with a puukko)
Vaik’ itseäni puolustin (Even though I only defended myself)
Kruunun kyyti muy Siperiaan vei (The ride of the crown took me to Siperia)
Juna palasi mut ruumiini vain ei (That train came back but body did not)
Mut vaikka sinne jäin mä palaan takaisin (But even though I stayed there I will return)
Mä elän vieläkin (I am still alive)
Mä puita uitin (I rafted timber)
Tanssin päällä tukkien (Danced on top of the logs)
Vein monen neidon sydämmen (Took the hearts of many ladies)
Suma seisoi (The log traffic standed)
Yksin tukit panostin (Alone I assembled the bombs to the logs)
Lanka paloi loppuun liian aikaisin (The fuse burned too early)
Pato murtui multa parrun alta vei (The dam broke, took the log below me)
Mua kukaan nähnyt ei (Nobody saw me)
Mä olin sotamies (I was a soldier)
Jouduin kaukopartioon (I was forced to join the remote patrol)
Rintamalle Petsamoon (To the battlefront in Petsamo)
Me rata katkaistiin ja tultiin kotiin päin (We cut the railroad and went home)
Se ryhmä vihollisen väijytykseen jäi (That squad got ambushed by the enemy)
Sain kuulan rintaani, Jäin hankeen makaamaan (I got a bullet to my chest, I stayed behind laying in the snow)
Mä elän vieläkin, en suostu kuolemaan (I am still alive, I won’t die)
Mä olin kuningas, lailla Virran Olavin (I was a king, like Olavi Virta)
sain kultaa sain myös timantin (i got gold I got also a diamond)
koskaan kenellekään sanonut en ei (Never said no to anyone)
mut auki revittiin ja viina minut vei (I got ripped apart and booze took me away)
mä nousin tähtiin palata en sieltä voi (I rose to the stars I can’t return from there)
mä elän vieläkin, mun levyt vielä soi (I am still alive, My records still play)
ja soi ja soi ja soi (and play and play and play)
ja soi ja soi ja soi (and play and play and play)
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