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Original lyrics
Ajateenija
Kui juba hommikul vara rivis seisma pead sa
Mina poole päevani jään voodisse magama
Nii kaunis on hommik mind ootab kuum ja päiksene Pirita
Keset kuuma päeva metsas higisena joosked sa
Sa ju tead et gaasimaskis suvel raske hingata
Ka minul on palav on ju palju kauneid naisi rannas liikumas
On nädal mööda läinud ja koju sa ei saa
Su tüdruk laupäeva õhtul tantsib diskol üksinda
Sa kasarmu peldikut nii kurvalt küürid oma hambaharjaga
Ja pärast kõike seda valmis oled kohtuma surmaga
oh ema kui sa vaid teaksid pojast mees on sul sirgumas.
Sina samblikutes roomad kiidad kõrgemal seisvat meest
Oma sõjaväekärjääri algad ikka orjusest
Ja kui alandlik oled võid ühel päeval kamandada roodu ees
Oh miks küll ei kuula enam Singer Vingerit sa
Kes laulis et sa kodusõjas surma ei saa
Selle peale raadiost juba uusi eurolaule jõudsid lindistada
Minust ei saa iial ajateenija
Olen hullumeelne ja see ausalt muret tekitab
Et lapseks vist jään ja meheks ei sirgugi iial ma
Ja pärast kõike seda valmis oled kohtuma surmaga
oh ema kui sa vaid teaksid pojast mees on sul sirgumas.
Poisid! Rahva kaitsejad!!
Sõrvesääre tipust Narvani on meie maa!
Veel võib vabalt hingata
ka Hiina müürini võib Eesti piirid lükata.
Ja siis põhjatähe all me võime vabadusse uskuda
Kuid meheks iial sa ei saa kui pole olnud ajateenija!
La - la - la
Ja pärast kõike seda sinu juurde tulen ja jään
La - la - la
Ja su juurde ma saabun läbi tule ja jää
Submitted by 
crimson_antics on 2013-05-07
crimson_antics on 2013-05-07Translation
Soldier
When early in the morning, you already have to stand in a row
I stay in bed sleeping half the day
The morning is so beautiful; hot and sunny Pirita waits for me1
Amid the hot day, you run (yourself) into a sweat in the forest
You know, after all, it's hard to breathe in the summer in a gas mask
I, too, have (something) even more hot -- beautiful women headed to the beach
The week has gone by and you can't go home
Your girlfriend danced alone at the club Saturday night2
You scrub the barracks' toilet so sadly with your own toothbrush
And after all this, you're ready to meet with death
Oh, mother, if you only knew the man you have that's grown from your son
You crawl in the lichens on the cue of a higher standing man
You each start your own military career in bondage
If you're humble, you can one day bully the company before you
Oh, why don't you listen to Singer Vinger anymore,3
Who sang that you can't die in civil war
Aside from this, you caught on the radio that a new eurolaul4 was recorded already
As for me, I can never be a soldier
I'm crazy, and it's honestly alarming
Maybe I'll stay a child and never grow into a man
And after all this, you're ready to meet with death
Oh, mother, if you only knew the man you have that's grown from your son
Boys! Defenders of the people!!
It can breathe freely once more
Estonian can even push the borders to the Great Wall of China
And then, under the north star, we can believe in freedom
But you'll never be a man if you haven't been a soldier!
La - la - la
And after all this, I'll come and stay by you
La - la - la
And I'll come along with you, through fire and ice
- 1. http://www.tallinn.ee/est/pirita/
- 2. it's literally 'evening', not 'night' -- I don't know why I have to note that, I just DO
- 3. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer_Vinger
- 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurolaul
- 5. http://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%B5rve_s%C3%A4%C3%A4r
- 6. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narva
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Comments
"Service man" is a closer translation for "ajateenija", but this equates to "soldier" for English-speakers. I guess. The other footnotes you may already know; I just like to add them for anyone who may see this and not know the references.