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English
Translation
On horseback to Helsinki
You passed me by on a village street
and said only,
"Hello lad, hello."
We courted all summer
but as I hesitated to propose
autumn took you away.
When in August it was time for you to leave
we kissed on the bus stop
and I promised fervently
to come on horseback to Helsinki.
What I didn't understand back then
is that I'll never find you in here.
Everything has gone wrong.
I can't recall your address
and these Helsinkians laugh at
my horse eating oats
and me eating a pie.
No-one here knows you
but I so want to find you
for as promised, I came on horseback to Helsinki.
What I didn't understand back then
is that I'll never find you in here.
vakuoli
Sanni✕
Comments
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Not that any translation could do justice to the genius of Gösta Sundqvist.