Joupolle Joutunut - engl.Übersetzung Übersetzung

Lo, beware you lightsome lassie,
Hark, you heather still a blooming,
Shun the shed of drunken scoundrels,
Bed and berth of raving rascal,
Soiled sheets of a soaker,
Mangy blankets of a madman.
Often will the drunken scoundrel,
Even more the raving rascal,
Thrust his hand to thrash about you,
Grab and jerk your braid and hair do.

Often will the drunken scoundrel,
Even more the raving rascal,
Spew about the straws and sheetings,
Throw up on the bed and blankets,
To get washed by angry woman,
To get quieted by a calm one.
What did ever so bereave me,
Who did ever so beguile me,
Made me lose my mind to reason,
Lose my wit and ways of thinking,
Words of wisdom and warning,
First and last of all my learning,
When I went to such a madman,
Chose myself a drinking scoundrel,
Went to bed with raving rascal,
Let him lie on sheets beside me,
On the straws upon the bride bed
Willingly I took the toper;
Took a cudgel of a fir tree,
Took a branch of spruce beside me.

(Kaksi! - 1992), Translation from Hedningarna-Homepage