Ikävä [English translation]

Have you ever missed something that maybe doesn’t even exist?

Have you ever missed even if you don’t know what you long for?

Like the small tale that you believed in as a child that has now lost all its shine,

Or like a beautiful landscape that has never even existed.

Have you missed your own life that just passes without your realising?

Days that were short or long that you never really grasped?

I truly miss the place that I’ve never heard of.

I’ve missed you for so long,

Surely you don’t even exist.

I’m longing, I’m longing immensely.

I’m longing, I’m longing immensely.

Did you sometimes feel a passionate moment and say,

‘Now let’s start again.’?

Did you then realise that that moment of your life was already past?

You truly miss the place that you’ve never even heard of.

You’ve missed me for so long,

Surely I don’t even exist.

You’re longing, you’re longing immensely.

You’re longing, you’re longing immensely.

Did you sometimes feel a passionate moment and say,

‘Now let’s start again.’?

Did you then realise that that moment of your life was already past?

You truly miss the place that you’ve never even heard of.

You’ve missed me for so long,

Surely I don’t even exist.

You’re longing, you’re longing immensely.

I’m longing, I’m longing immensely.

You’re longing, you’re longing immensely.

Longing, longing.

• Artist:Pave Maijanen