Album:
Vuokralainen
Original lyrics
Finnish
Translation
English
Ongelma
Valo ei riitä lukemiseen
hämärän huoneen poikki meen
lasisen lampun lähellä on
tikut ja aski Marlboron
Sininen paita lattialla
tahroja paidan helmassa
sytytän lampun, säpsähdän kun
puhelin soimaan käy
Otaksun
Nyt on jollain ongelma
nyt on joku pulassa
ei tähän aikaan illasta
soiteta ihmisille kotiin
ja nyt on jollain ongelma
nyt on joku pulassa
Puhelinpöytä on Ikeasta
puinen ja tehty halvalla
seinällä varjo heilahtaa
kun käteni luuriin käy
Otaksun
Nyt on jollain ongelma
nyt on joku pulassa
Nyt on jollain ongelma
nyt on joku pulassa
ei tähän aikaan illasta
soiteta ihmisille kotiin ja
häiritä niitä
häiritä niitä
häiritä niitä
Problem
The light's not enough for reading
Through a dim room I go
Near a glass lamp there are
Matches and a box of Marlboro
A blue shirt on the floor
Stains on the shirt's hem
I light up the lamp, I flinch when
The phone starts to ring
I assume
Now someone has a problem
Now someone's in distress
At this time of evening
People don't get called at home
And now someone has a problem
Now someone's in distress
The telephone desk is from Ikea
Wooden and made cheap
On the wall a shadow sways
When my hand hits the handset
I assume
Now someone has a problem
Now someone's in distress
Now someone has a problem
Now someone's in distress
At this time of evening
People don't get called at home and
aren't bothered
aren't bothered
arent' bothered
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You missed one "I assume". And I think it would rather be just "glass lamp" and not "glassy lamp".
Thanks for noticing! I wasn't sure about the glass lamp.