FIN -> ENG Helsinki City Boy

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  1. sankari said:

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    Please help me with the translation and correct what I got wrong

    Helsinki city boy (4x)

    Kallion kulmilla ensin sut näin
    Olit niin kaunis mun silmissäin
    Jatkoit matkaa ohi bussipysäkin
    Mä ikkunasta sua katselin

    Mua kiinnostaa kuka sä oot
    Salaisuudet nyt auetkoon
    Aion ottaa susta selvää
    Mä näytän; en pelkää

    Helsinki city boy (8x)

    Yössä Helsingin taas harhailin
    Kun tunnistin sun figuurin
    Tahdoin antaa sulle mitä mulla on
    Et koskaan ois onneton

    Aion ottaa susta selvää
    Mä näytän, en pelkää
    Aion ottaa susta selvää
    Mä en pelkää, en pelkää

    Helsinki city boy (6x)

    Huokasin, arvelin, mietin näin vaan
    Et kai mua huolis kuitenkaan
    Huomasit, hymyilit, katsoit silmiin
    Tuli äkkikatko mun filmiin, mun filmiin

    Helsinki city boy (13x)

    My translation

    In a stone corner(?) I saw you for the first time
    You were so beautiful in my eyes
    You continued journey past a bus stop
    I saw you from a window

    I got interested who you were
    (?)
    I’m gonna get you all right
    I appear; I’m not afraid

    Helsinki city boy

    Again I wandered in Helsinki at night
    When I felt your figure
    I wanted to give you what I had
    You’ll never be unhappy

    I’m gonna get you all right
    I appear, I’m not afraid
    I’m gonna get you all right
    I’m not afraid, not afraid

    Helsinki city boy

    I sighed, I thought so, but I wonder
    (?)
    You noticed, you smiled, looked into the eyes
    (?)

    Helsinki city boy
    Poetry is what gets lost in translation - Robert Frost
     
  2. Sir LesPaul said:

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    Helsinki city boy (4x)

    Kallion kulmilla ensin sut näin
    Olit niin kaunis mun silmissäin
    Jatkoit matkaa ohi bussipysäkin
    Mä ikkunasta sua katselin

    Mua kiinnostaa kuka sä oot
    Salaisuudet nyt auetkoon
    Aion ottaa susta selvää
    Mä näytän; en pelkää

    Helsinki city boy (8x)

    Yössä Helsingin taas harhailin
    Kun tunnistin sun figuurin
    Tahdoin antaa sulle mitä mulla on
    Et koskaan ois onneton

    Aion ottaa susta selvää
    Mä näytän, en pelkää
    Aion ottaa susta selvää
    Mä en pelkää, en pelkää

    Helsinki city boy (6x)

    Huokasin, arvelin, mietin näin vaan
    Et kai mua huolis kuitenkaan
    Huomasit, hymyilit, katsoit silmiin
    Tuli äkkikatko mun filmiin, mun filmiin

    Helsinki city boy (13x)

    My translation

    In a stone corner(?) I saw you for the first time
    (Kallio is a district in Helsinki. so i guess it's not about stones or rocks but that district, though finnish word kallio means rock )
    You were so beautiful in my eyes
    You continued journey past a bus stop
    I saw you from a window

    I got interested who you were
    (?)(something like "let the secrets be revealed")
    I’m gonna get you all right
    I appear; I’m not afraid

    Helsinki city boy

    Again I wandered in Helsinki at night
    When I felt your figure
    I wanted to give you what I had
    You’ll never be unhappy

    I’m gonna get you all right
    I appear, I’m not afraid
    I’m gonna get you all right
    I’m not afraid, not afraid

    Helsinki city boy

    I sighed, I thought so, but I wonder
    (?)(you wouldn't accept me)
    You noticed, you smiled, looked into the eyes
    (?)(it cut my film, my film)

    Helsinki city boy

    your translation is quite good, i added just few lines.
    i gotta say, i really hate this song D
    i'm nothing but a fool and a coward,
    poet for this corrupted soul

    may my bitter cry fill the air
    once more
     
  3. sankari said:

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    The more I appreciate then! You're always so hepful
    I don't usually like such songs but this one somehow really stuck in my mind... I promise I'll post something rock or metal next time xD
    Poetry is what gets lost in translation - Robert Frost
     
  4. Sir LesPaul said:

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    it's a pleasure to help

    hahhaa, can't wait
    i'm nothing but a fool and a coward,
    poet for this corrupted soul

    may my bitter cry fill the air
    once more