Vain merimies voi tietää [English translation]

Only a sailor can know how the nature loves

When the wind rocks the boat and lulls it to sleep

Only a sailor can know how the nature punishes

When storm shakes the boat, it howls and rages

Even when wild breakers strike or a wave smiles

Always in the joyful chest there is also longing

Only a sailor can know when longing for farawy lands

Can make the blood boil, can feel it in the veins

Only a sailor can know how fatherland calls

When the boat again roams towards the home port

Even when wild breakers strike or a wave smiles

Always in the joyful chest there also is longing

Only a sailor can know what vastness means

When the familiar land stays behind and the sea opens

Only a sailor can know how small the world is

When from his boat he views each harbour

Even when wild breakers strike or a wave smiles

Always in the joyful chest there also is longing

Only a sailor can know how a maiden loves

When he tours many ports and always has a new one

Only a sailor can know how the longing remains

And yet always in his mind is the girl from fatherland

Even when wild breakers strike or a wave smiles

Always in the joyful chest there also is longing

• Artist:Tapio Rautavaara