#käärijä song translation

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Käärijä ft. KähinäPate - Fantastista (translation, analysation & explanation)

fyi, I’m just a fan wanting trying to translate a difficult language so everyone can understand. I’m not a professional translator and there is bound to be mistakes and room for improvement

Verse 1, Käärijä

En pidä bileit ku naapurit vetää sikeitä/

I don’t host parties when my neighbours sleep

Ei oo välejä viileit ku pidän mun liikkeet sileinä/

There’s no cool intervals* when I keep my moves smooth

Aiheutan mielipiteitä ja jengi tsiigaa mua kireenä/

I cause opinions and people look at me [while] uptight

Älä heitä mua kivellä kohti josset sä liketä/

Don’t throw a stone at me if you don’t like [me]

Jos näät mut livenä poika muistat mun nimen/

If you see me live, boy you remember my name

Se on uhka, jos päästät tän jäbän tääl tänää volaa säätää/

It’s a threat, if you let this dude adjust the volume here today

Se on uhka, sillä tää jäbä ei tullu tänne asti äänt’ säästää/

It’s a threat, because this guy didn’t come this far to save [his] voice

Se on uhka, ku absintti ku mä tuun sillon riski on maksimi/

It’s a threat, like absinthe when I come, [then] the risk is maximum

Mulle riski ei aiheuta paniikkii/

To me, risk doesn’t cause panic

Joten tarrasen härkää sarvist kii/

So I’ll grab the bull by the horns

Se on uhka, ku pottatukka plus pikkutakki vihast viestii pukkaa/

It’s a threat, [when a] bowlcut plus [a] blazer, angry messages incoming

Älä hyppää mukaan jos pelkäät junkkaa, mee muualle humppaa/

Don’t jump in if you’re scared of jungle music, go humppa* somewhere else

IFK:n paidal fleksaus narrikatsomon laidal/

[in] IFK* shirt, flexing by the jokerstand*

Se on pikkuriski siihen verrattuna ku meikäpoika on paikal!/

It’s a small risk compared to when this guy* is present!

Chorus, Käärijä & KähinäPate

Hyvii hommii!/

Good things!*

Vaik tulee paskaa niskaan/

Even when shit pours* on your head*

On kaiketi mahollista saada sandaalista/

It’s possible to get [hit]* by a sandal

Eikä täl liksal oo nii paljon fuckin’ brassaamista/

And with this salary there’s not much to brag about

Mutta silti tää on nii fantastista!/

But still this is so fantastic!

Hyvii hommii!

Good things!

Verse 2, Käärijä

Hyvii hommii, vaikka mullei kulta korista mun korvii/

Good things, even if gold doesn’t garnish my ears

Hyvii hommii, vaikka mullei kulta somista mun sormii/

Good things, even if gold doesn’t decorate my fingers

Ja sillon tällön on keikan jälkeen syy koukkasta Jorvin kaut’ kotiin/

And every now and then, there’s reason to go through Jorvi* when going home*

Sillä yleisöön monta kovakouraista monnia sopii/

Because many rough rookies* fit in the crowd

Älä heitä tuopilla tai tuolilla/

Don’t throw a pint or a chair [at me]

Mut jos oot sillä päällä ni mä väistän ne ku luodin/

But if you happen to be in that mood, I’ll dodge them like a bullet

Ja ku mä poistun täst’ puodista/

And when I leave this boutique*

Vaatteet riekaleina se menee muodista/

Clothes shredded - it goes [by] fashion

Se on tän alan yks parhaista puolista/

It’s one of this profession’s best sides

Chorus, Käärijä & KähinäPate (no translation)

Hyvii hommii!/

Vaik tulee paskaa niskaan/

On kaiketi mahollista saada sandaalista/

Eikä täl liksal oo nii paljoo fuckin’ brassaamista/

Mutta silti tää on nii fantastista!/

Hyvii hommii!/

Chorus 2, Käärijä & KähinäPate

Niin fantastista! (Mitä vittuu, häh mitä mitä!)/

So fantastic! (What the fuck, huh what what!)

Mä tiesin et tää on vaarallista ku aloin tekee tätä (ku aloin tekee tätä!)/

I knew it’s be dangerous when I started doing this (when I started doing this!)

Ja ne varotteli tästä ammatista ku aloin tekee tätä (ku aloin tekee tätä!)

And they warned me about this profession when I started doing this (when I started doing this!)

Mutta en paina stoppii vaa painan mikkikoppiin/

But I won’t press stop instead I go* to micbooth

Ja vaikka pienissä piireissä tulee paskaa niskaan/

And even when in small circles, shit pours* on your head

Silti tää on nii fantastista!/

Still this is so fantastic!

Hyvii hommii!/

Good things!

Verse 3, KähinäPate & Käärijä

Kuka mä olen mies joka kypsynyt toteen/

Who am I, man matured into truth

Et harval jäljellä järkeä sanois mitä ne hokee/

Only few have [some] sense left in [their] words about what they’re repeating

Ja tähän väsynyt olen siks muutost vailla ku SOTE

And I’m tired of this, without change like SOTE*

Biisit nii väkisi väännettyjä ku fistingi pokessa joten/

Songs so forcedly twisted like fisting in porn so

Ei nii kaksista mut Käärijä ja Kähinä on tatsissa/

Not so good but Käärijä and Kähinä are in touch*

Viidakkorumpujen tahdissa vittuun muut lavalt passittaa/

In jungledrums’ rhythm, everyone else passed from the fucking stage

Ku astutaan geimeihin syntyy reiveihin mayhemit/

When we step into the game, [it] creates mayhem in raves

Sillä nälkä nii kova et jopa Pynnösen Jesse jää tokaks (se jää tokaks, se se jää tokaks)/

Because [the] hunger is so big that even Pynnönen’s Jesse* stays second (he stays second, he he stays second)

Chorus, Käärijä & KähinäPate (no translation)

Hyvii hommii!/

Vaik tulee paskaa niskaan/

On kaiketi mahollista saada sandaalista/

Eikä täl liksal oo nii paljoo brassaamista/

Mutta silti tää on nii fantastista!/

Hyvii hommii!/

Chorus 2, Käärijä & KähinäPate (no translation)

Niin fantastista! (Mitä vittuu, hä mitä mitä!)/

Mä tiesin et tää on vaarallista ku aloin tekee tätä (ku aloin tekee tätä!)/

Ja ne varotteli tästä ammatista ku aloin tekee tätä (ku aloin tekee tätä!)/

Mutta en paina stoppii vaa painan mikkikoppiin/

Ja vaikka pienissä piireissä tulee paskaa niskaan/

Silti tää on nii fantastista!/

Hyvii hommii! (no mitä!)/

Mä tiesin et tää on vaarallista ku aloin tekee tätä (ku aloin tekee tätä!)/

Ja ne varotteli tästä ammatista ku aloin tekee tätä (ku aloin tekee tätä!)/

Mutta en paina stoppii vaa painan mikkikoppiin/

Ja vaikka pienissä piireissä tulee paskaa niskaan/

Silti tää on nii fantastista!

Still this is so fantastic!

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Ei oo välejä viileit ku pidän mun liikkeet sileinä

There’s no cool intervals* when I keep my moves smooth

I struggled with this one quite a bit - but I think that he means that in his songs and gigs there will be no cold/stiff/cool gaps -> He’s good at keeping the audience/listener engaged so he’s not ”cool” (instead hot?)

Älä hyppää mukaan jos pelkäät junkkaa, mee muualle humppaa

Don’t jump in if you’re scared of jungle music, go humppa* somewhere else

Humppa is a type of finnish music. It’s related to jazz and very fast foxtrot. Humppa is also the name of a few social dances danced to humppa music. It’s more popular and associated with older people (as it’s first types were ’invented’ in early 1900s)

IFK:n paidal fleksaus narrikatsomon laidal

[in] IFK* shirt, flexing by the jokerstand*

IFK is a icehockey team from Helsinki (close to Vantaa). The ”flexing by the jokerstand” is a dig at another finnish ice hockey team: Jokerit (Jokers) and their logo is a jester.

Se on pikkuriski siihen verrattuna ku meikäpoika on paikal!

It’s a small risk compared to when this guy* is present!

”Meikäpoika” lit. translation ”me-boy/guy/dude”. Meikä is a common prefix when you want to stress that it’s you. Usually used in humorous context.

The way that it ties to the previous line, is that it’s a smaller risk to have a rival team’s icehockey jersey in the said rivals (fan) audience than having Käärijä around.

Hyvii hommii!

Good things!*

Homma has many meanings. In different contexts, it can mean business, [some] things or even nonsense.

It depends on the context, you can ask someone ”Mikä homma?” and it can be interpreted as ”What’s up?”, ”What’s the problem?”, ”What is this [nonsense]?” - so it’s a very versatile word :D

In this context, it’s more like ”Good things”

Vaik tulee paskaa niskaan

Even when shit pours* on your head*

I struggled with this one too, because niska actually means nape (the back of your neck) and the verb tulee (tulla) means coming - but the sentence ”tulee paskaa niskaan” means more like that you get shat on.

On kaiketi mahollista saada sandaalista

It’s possible to get [hit]* by a sandal

Saada means get (like gifted), but it’s also used in various context like ”saada turpaan” - to get beaten up.

Ja sillon tällön on keikan jälkee syy koukkasta Jorvin kaut’ kotiin

And every now and then, there’s reason to go through Jorvi* when going home*

This was so difficult to translate and get the message across. Koukata means to take a sidestep, in this it means to take an excess trip before going home.

Jorvi is a hospital in Espoo.

Sillä yleisöön monta kovakourasta monnia sopii

Because many rough rookies* fit in the crowd

Kovakourainen means rough in a physical way. Monni is a common term when describing conscripts (in basic training) - so a rookie but it can also just be used as a dig.

It ties in with the previous bar - sometimes Käärijä has to go to the hospital because some people in the audience get a bit rough with him.

Ja ku mä poistun täst’ puodista

And when I leave this boutique*

Puoti is sometimes used to describe a bar or a club because they’re small places, like a boutique.

Mutta en paina stoppii vaa painan mikkikoppiin

But I won’t press stop instead I go* to micbooth

Painaa ”Press” is another word with multiple meanings - depending on the context. Here it’s a little wordplay.

He doesn’t press stop [button] - instead he will press (go) into the micbooth.

Painaa, painella jonnekin means to go somewhere, usually aggressively.

Bonus: painaa can also mean shagging lol

Ja vaikka pienissä piireissä tulee paskaa niskaan

And even when in small circles, shit pours* on your head

Again with the shit pouring - in small (social) circles he’s getting shat on.

Ja tähän väsynyt olen siks muutost vailla ku SOTE

And I’m tired of this, without change like SOTE*

Kähinä is tired of other rappers saying a lot without meaning anything - the (rap) scene is without change like SOTE.

SOTE (Sosiaali-, ja terveydenhuolto ”Social and healthcare”). SOTE-uudistus (reform) was a thing in Finland that took a very long time to put into action and it almost seemed like it will never happen.

Ei nii kaksista mut Käärijä ja Kähinä on tatsissa

Not so good but Käärijä and Kähinä are in touch*

Kaksinen means good but in an inversed way ”Not good”.

Tatsi is another word with multiple meanings - depending on the context …

Here it means that both Käärijä and Kähinä are in touch -> in the way that they are both fit (they have good touch). Usually used as a term in sports.

Sillä nälkä nii kova et jopa Pynnösen Jesse jää tokaks (se jää tokaks, se se jää tokaks)

Because [the] hunger is so big that even Pynnönen’s Jesse* stays second (he stays second, he he stays second)

Jesse Pynnönen is a finnish youtuber known for his insane calorie challenges, (like trying to eat 50 000 kcal in a day?!)

So here Kähinä’s and Käärijä’s hunger (for greatness) is so big that even Jesse can’t beat them.

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Wow, that was a long one! Thank you for reading this far and I hope this will shine some light onto Käärijä’s incredible wordplay and bars.

If you have a better way to express something or a better explanation, please do comment or reblog it.

I have never translated a full song before and as we’ve noticed finnish is full of words that have multiple meanings only differing on context - but when translating, pretty much every single context is important.

Stay fantastic ;) - Max

[m3r1m4r5u333]

Käärijä - Välikuolema

Käärijä - 'Middle death'

(Taksit on jo pihalla!)

(The taxis are already outside!)

Mä oon aivan loppu, loppu

I'm so done in, done in

Mut en haluaisi vielä nukkumaan

But I don't want to go to sleep yet

Mä oon aivan loppu, loppu

I'm so done in, done in

On se kyllä rankkaa kun *juotetaan

Tough indeed to be pushed to drink

Sekä *kisakondista koetellaan

and have your race readiness tested

Nyt mun on pakko saada välikuolema

I must now take an intermission

Hei anna mulle minsa, hei

Hey gimme a minute, hey

Mä lupaan että tää ukko on taas

I promise this gaffer will again be

Täysissä voimissaan

restored to full power

Tuli taksit pihaan, ei olla menos himaan

The taxis arrived at the yard, we aren't going home

Karin ja muiden kaa pidetään kivaa

We're having fun with Kari and the others

Meil on mukana mukava määrä glögii ja simaa

We've got a nice amount of mulled wine and mead with us

Mikä mussa on vika ku ei jaksa yhtään (?)tinaa(?)

What's wrong with me, I don't feel at all up to boozing

Kovasessa on yritys kova ja kovasta yrityksestä huolimatta

Hard efforts (?)in the taxi(?) and despite trying really hard

Mä nojaan selkänojaan

I'm leaning against the back rest

Vaik haluun joraa, mä tarviin vodaa

Even though I wanna dance, I need water

Ei jaksa dokaa

Not feeling up to boozing

Mä oon aivan loppu, loppu

I'm so done in, done in

Mut en haluaisi vielä nukkumaan

But I don't want to go to sleep yet

Mä oon aivan loppu, loppu

I'm so done in, done in

On se kyllä rankkaa kun *juotetaan

It's tough indeed when you're pushed to drink

Sekä kisakondista koetellaan

And your race readiness is tested

Nyt mun on pakko saada välikuolema

I must now take an intermission

Hei anna mulle minsa, hei

Hey gimme a minute, hey

Mä lupaan että tää ukko on taas

I promise this gaffer will again be

Täysissä voimissaan

restored to full power

....

Tai sit en herää ollenkaan

Or I may not wake up at all

Herää!

Wake up!

Anna mun pliis vielä hetki lepää

Please let me rest just a bit more

Herää!

Wake up!

Mitä jos ei nyt vaan jaksa enää

What if I'm just too tired now

Herää!

Wake up!

Onko mun siis vielä pakko vetää

So must I then keep boozing

No jumalauta passaa sitä flindaa

Well goddammit, (?)pass me(?) the bottle

Tää välikuolema on kestäny jo ihan liian monta timmaa

This intermission has already lasted for way too many hours

Mis me ollaan?

Where are we?

Tääl ei oo enää ketään vaikka meitä oli sillon lähtiessä tosi monta

Nobody's here anymore even though there were so many of us when we set off

Paljon kello, mikä homma?

What time is it, what's going on?

Se on jo yli puolenpäivän ja se vast on uskomatonta

It's past midday, isn't that unbelievable

Nyt mennään päivää, tokaa

Now it's day, second one

Ja vielä meikän päähän sattuu, kovaa

And still my head aches, hard

Ei uppoo rommi, kola

Rum, coke... not going down

Mä tarviin vodaa

I need water

ei jaksa dokaa

not feeling up to boozing

Mä oon aivan loppu, loppu

I'm so done in, done in

Mut en haluaisi vielä nukkumaan

But I don't want to go to sleep yet

Mä oon aivan loppu, loppu

I'm so done in, done in

On se kyllä rankkaa kun juotetaan

It's tough indeed when you're pushed to drink

Sekä kisakondista koetellaan

And your race readiness is tested

Nyt mun on pakko saada välikuolema

Now I must take an intermission

Hei anna mulle minsa, hei

Hey gimme a minute, hey

Mä lupaan että tää ukko on taas

I promise this gaffer will again be

Täysissä voimissaan

Restored to full power

Tai sit en herää ollenkaan

Or I may not wake up at all

....

Herää!

Wake up!

Anna mun pliis vielä hetki lepää

Please let me rest just a bit more

Herää!

Wake up!

Mitä jos ei nyt vaan jaksa enää

What if I'm just too tired now

Herää!

Wake up!

Onko mun siis vielä pakko vetää

So must I then keep boozing

No jumalauta passaa sitä flindaa

Well goddammit, (?)gimme(?) the bottle

Tää välikuolema on kestäny jo ihan liian monta timmaa

This intermission has already lasted for way too many hours

Herää!

Wake up!

Anna mun pliis vielä hetki lepää

Please let me rest just a bit more

Herää!

Wake up!

Mitä jos ei nyt vaan jaksa enää

What if I'm just too tired

Herää!

Wake up!

Onko mun siis vielä pakko vetää

So must I then keep boozing

No jumalauta passaa sitä flindaa

Well goddammit, (?)gimme(?) the bottle

Tää välikuolema on kestäny jo ihan liian monta timmaa

This intermission has already lasted for way too many hours

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Notes.

This isn't an official translation. I'm just a random fan, and not even an professional translator.

Välikuolema explained in Wikipedia:

From väli- (“middle-, inter-”) +‎ kuolema (“death”). 1. (colloquial) A pause to rest from partying or substance abuse.

My translation of välikuolema here is 'intermission'. 'Interlude' was another word I toyed with.

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Rambling about finnish culture, and lines/words I struggled with. And my reasoning for what I came up with:

"Sekä kisakondista koetellaan/and have your race readiness tested"...

First all I'd like to try explain 'race readiness', so here's my LONG essay.

A literal translation of 'Kisakondis(-ta) would be something like 'fitness for the competition'. Kisa = competition/trial/game, kondis = physical (or emotional) condition/health/endurance/fitness

It was originally a sports reference. Anytime there's some sports event coming up, finnish reporters keep speculating/asking if an athlete is healthy enough/at an ideal level of mental and physical fitness for the competition.

Eventually the never-ending speculations of 'competition readiness' became an ongoing joke.

And since finnish party/alcohol culture tends to be very ...moist... ...Jokes about someone's 'kisakondis'/competition readiness' - or lack of it - often refer to alcohol tolerance/level of inebriation/party endurance.

But kisakondis is not just about alcohol tolerance and endurance to keep partying, it's also about grace, appereance and skillset.

Yk, since a 'competition ready' athlete is obviously 'the ideal human'. A competition ready athlete looks good, is mentally prepared, skilled, has great endurance, can keep going no matter what... And so on.

For example if a finn runs into someone they know and that person is super drunk, doing all sorts of embarrassing things, and looking super haggard while doing all that... The finn might be tempted to gossip that they saw "X" and "X didn't look quite ready to compete".

Sometimes people bring up 'kisakondis'/competition readiness as a roundabout way to refer to someone's physical appearance. Or at least I've seen the term used like this. Obviously athletes tend to look like gods and a 'competition ready' athlete especially so... Which is why people may compliment each other like 'wow, aren't you in a great 'kisakondis'!") etc.

So even though finns tend to translate references to 'kisakondis' to be all about alcohol tolerance, that's not the whole truth.

Someone who's totally sober and losing a darts game might joke about not being 'prepared to compete', someone who struck out when they tried to hit on someone could joke about not being in an ideal 'kisakondis'. Etc.

Anyway, sorry about the essay. The rambling is quit irrelevant because in Välikuolema I'd say that the "race readiness that is being tested" does almost certainly refer to alcohol tolerance because that's the theme of the song etc etc.

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'Mikä mussa on vika ku ei jaksa yhtään *tinaa(?)/What's wrong with me I don't feel at all up to boozing

*NOT SURE if the lyrics go 'tinaa' or 'hinaa'. Some websites say hinaa, but I'm like 99.5% sure I'm hearing 'tinaa'. Tbh I think 'tinaa' makes more sense. Another translation also appears to think so.

Anyway, tinaa/hinaa is slang... And either way I'm thinking it translates to drinking alcohol. 'Tinaa' definitely does.

And even if the word is 'hinaa' I'd still translate it the same way. Some finns may disagree with me, but the reason I'm thinking that 'hinaa' would also refer to boozing goes like this:

Other meanings I could come up for the slang word 'hinaa' simply do not make sense for this song, line, or artist! Mainly because Käärijä seems like a cool dude, I doubt he'd suddenly switch from rapping about drinking to err.. slinging homophobic slurs..

But also, the slang word 'hinaa'/'hinata' originally means 'towing'. Towing is near synonymous to dragging/pulling... and the verb finns use for dragging or pulling is 'vetää'... And 'vetää viinaa' (viinaa = booze) is a word combination very often used for consuming (lots of) alcohol.

So I think 'tinaa'/'hinaa' means 'to drink alcohol'. I went with 'boozing' since the original line is also slang.

And anyway, I'm actually fairly sure the word I hear in the song is 'tinaa'. It's repeated twice and it sounds to me like 'tinaa' both times.

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Anyway, the lyrics do actually also contain the verb 'vetää'. Käärijä mentions he's not feeling up to 'vetää'.

I translated 'vetää' to 'boozing', but tbh, finns use the word 'vetää' pretty creatively. It can be used for drinking, but also for smoking, for taking pills, injecting drugs, or even eating something like candy, burgers... grandma's mashed potatoes... So what's happening really depends on which word 'vetää' is paired with.

HOWEVER, I'd say that since 'vetää' is usually, and has probably since the dawn of time been, paired with the word 'viinaa' ('booze'), I feel like booze is suggested even when the word 'vetää' is used more ambiguously, on it's own. Plus the song keeps talking about drinking, and if Käärijä meant something that's not booze, I think he'd word it another way.

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'Kovasessa on yritys kova'/Hard efforts in the taxi...

I struggled with this line for ages 😅 I'm still not 100% certain 'Kovasessa' means 'in the taxi".

The sentence goes something like "There is lots of hard effort... in/at/within 'kovanen"...

This 'kovanen' (origin 'kova' = tough/hard/stiff/severe/intense.. +'nen' a dimunitive) is an unfamiliar word to me. I don't even know if it's slang or something Käärijä came up with.

He also uses the word 'kovanen' in Viulunkieli. In that song he's rapping about being in a bar where the general mood is tense, and he's got the money so he 'orders a Kovanen'... Which is why I'm thinking Kovanen is either a taxi, or a stiff drink 🤷

'Kovasessa' could refer to drinking. Finns sometimes say "kovat juomat" when talking about "stiff drinks". Also, "kovassa humalassa" is a common way of saying 'to be extremely drunk'. Kovasessa/ ('in kovanen') could mean 'in a state of severe drunkenness', and 'Kovasessa on yritys kova' could translate to 'When one is very drunk, one tries very hard..'.

But let's make it extra confusing and stumble to my idea about the taxi:

Kovanen sounds like a family name! '-Nen'-ending is super common for Finnish family names.

So... "Kovasessa on yritys kova" could then translate to "(A person called) Kovanen is trying really hard"...

But!! after decades of dithering I came up with 'in the taxi' because a Google search told me that there's a finnish taxi company called Kovanen. And since the lyrics already mentioned taxis, I think he's singing about being in a taxi... A taxi, which carries the nickname 'Kovanen'.

Either way, the associations I'd expect my fellow finns to have when they hear the word 'kovasessa' make it sound like a word play. Maybe he's simultaneously saying that he's drunk AND in a taxi?)

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"No jumalauta *passaa sitä flindaa"/Well goddammit pass me the bottle.

😅 So to be awkward, this could also mean the total opposite: "Goddammit take a break from the bottle, then"

The line confuses me because the verb 'passaa' has more than one meaning. It means 'to hand over', 'to offer', but it ALSO means 'to skip'/'sit out' - like how players sometimes skip their turn, intentionally, in some card games. And the verse sounds like dialogue which adds to the confusion 😅 Who's talking here? I don't know! Do you know?

[tesb]

“5 minutes before the performance I was still sure of victory. I didn’t win. Thank you and I’m sorry ❤️” @paidatonriehuja (Käärijä) on Instagram

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Kot Kot lyrics + English translation

Mayday Hukun tähän kuplivaan Muut meni minä jäin kuppilaan Täällä mä oon Mä ja Celine Dion Fiksut on lähteny nukkumaan Mut on tuomittu juhlimaan Täällä mä oon

En haluu tanssia hitait haluun jatkot-kot-kot Pliis munikaa ne jatkot-kot-kot Missä hitos mun ukot-kot-kot

Rupee pot-pot-potuttaa Pelottaa ettei jatkopläänit ehkä osukaa Kuumottaa tosissaan, osoite ois saatava Ku poket tos jo hoputtaa Siis vastatkaa ny, saatana! (Numeroon ei juuri nyt saada yhteyttä) Perhana! Miten nii ei tänäänkää oo kellää aikaa hengata Pilkku lyö ku liekit vasten yksinäisen kasvoja Tää klubi on yht tyhjä ku sen katsoja

Mayday Hukun tähän kuplivaan Muut meni minä jäin kuppilaan Täällä mä oon Mä ja Celine Dion Fiksut on lähteny nukkumaan Mut on tuomittu juhlimaan Täällä mä oon

En haluu tanssia hitait haluun jatkot-kot-kot Pliis munikaa ne jatkot-kot-kot Missä hitos mun ukot-kot-kot

En haluu ko-ko-kotiin Kuinka siit on niin vaikee ottaa koppii Ne nokkii, naputtaa Sanoo ala laputtaan ja koittaa ulos taluttaa Taas tartun kapulaan (The number you have dialed cannot be reached) Perhana! Koton ei oo ketään eikä ketään kelle tekstata Pilkku lyö ku liekit vasten yksinäisen kasvoja Tää klubi on yht tyhjä ku sen katsoja

Mayday Hukun tähän kuplivaan Muut meni minä jäin kuppilaan Täällä mä oon Mä ja Celine Dion Fiksut on lähteny nukkumaan Mut on tuomittu juhlimaan Täällä mä oon Mä ja Celine Dion

Kot kot kot kot Täällä mä oon Mä ja Celine Dion Kot kot kot kot Täällä mä oon

En haluu tanssia hitait haluun-

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English:

Mayday I'm drowning in this sparkling The others are gone I stayed in this bar Here I am Me and Celine Dion Smart ones have left to sleep I'm doomed to party Here I am

I don't want to slow dance I want the afterparty Please lay that afterparty Where the hell are my dudes

I'm getting pissed off Scared that the afterparty plans won't work out Truly anxious, need to get an address As the bouncers are rushing me So pick up now, saatana! (The number cannot be reached right now) Perhana! How come nobody has time to hangout today either The last call hits like flames against the lonely one's face This club is as empty as its viewer

Mayday I'm drowning in this sparkling The others are gone I stayed in this bar Here I am Me and Celine Dion Smart ones have left to sleep I'm doomed to party Here I am

I don't want to slow dance I want the afterparty Please lay that afterparty Where the hell are my dudes

I don't want to go home How hard can it be to take that task? They're pecking, knocking Saying get away from here and try to lead me out I grab the phone again (The number you have dialed cannot be reached) Perhana! At home there's nobody and there's nobody to text to The last call hits like flames against the lonely one's face This club is as empty as its viewer

Mayday I'm drowning in this sparkling The others are gone I stayed in this bar Here I am Me and Celine Dion Smart ones have left to sleep I'm doomed to party Here I am Me and Celine Dion

Kot kot kot kot kot Here I am Me and Celine Dion Kot kot kot kot kot Here I am

I don't want to slow dance I want the-

Credits to: @ravensofskyhold and Helmi for translation help!

[mitamicah]

I only just realised that the last sentence in Huhhahhei before the outtro is: Jään sitä selvittämään (I'm figuring it out)

Yes, Jere. Yes you do x'D

Fool around and find out, right x'D

[manjushagep]

Sweden send something in Swedish challenge (IMPOSSIBLE)

[rbf451]

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- So, we have arrived in Tikkurila. Let’s do some interviews. Excuse me, just a quick question. What do you think of Finland’s Eurovision representative? - Total shit. Weird bum. - What about you? - Who is that even? Is it Lordi? - Back to the studio.

[omppupiiras]

I was kinda bored so I made a little playlist of some songs that I consider to be essential finnish music, so if anyone here's interested, click here

fair warning it's probably not to anyone's taste but my own 💀

also I'd be super interested if other finns here made some playlists!! I'm curious of what music finns here think of when they think of finnish music (specifically in finnish)

[verycrazycazy]

I’m laughing at Instagram’s translations, the first paragraph they translate the song is ‘overrated’!

Here’s what it originally says

[pojebalo]

how are we feeling käärijä nation personally im losing my mind

[meikamatadori]

Käärijä - Morgan

(translation, analysation & explanation)

fyi, I’m just a fan wanting trying to translate a difficult language so everyone can understand and enjoy Käärijä’s music. I’m not a professional translator so there is bound to be mistakes and room for improvement.

translations are quite literal on purpose.

If you want to listen to this song - it’s on the Cha Cha Cha mixtape (at least found on Apple Music). Please buy it instead of downloading it for free. This song is ~ 1,30€ on iTunes. Support the artist.

Verse 1

En muista eilisillasta yhtikäs mitää/

I don’t remember anything from last night

Muuta ku lähin himasta lystiä pitää/

Except that I left home to have fun

Muisti lähti ennenku astuin baariin sisää/

Memory left before I even stepped into the bar

Enkä muista kysyttiiks multa ovella ees ikää/

I don’t remember if I was asked my age by the entrance

En tiedä olinko herrasmies vai täysi sika/

I don’t remember if I was a gentleman or a total pig

Jos tein jotain tyhmää - se oli kyllä ihan oma vika/

If I did something stupid - then it’s my own fault

En tiedä paljonko palo gillaa tai paloko sillat/

I don’t remember how much I burnt money or [did I] burn bridges

Mutta sen verran tiedän et ainakaa eilisilta/

But that much I know that last night

Pre-chorus

Ei ollu success, se ei menny putkeen/

It wasn’t a success, it didn’t go well

Ja kaiken lisäks himmee darra puskee/

And on top of that, [a] dim hangover* pushes

Oli eilen poika pitkin iltaa yhtä hymyy/

Last night [the] boy was all smiles

Nyt pitkin päivää puhelin soi ja frendit kysyy/

Now all day [my] phone rings and friends ask

Chorus

Oonko mä kondikses?/

Am I okay?*

En!/

No!

Oonko mä kondikses?/

Am I okay?

En!/

No!

Mul on himmee hedari ja hengaan himas iha himmees morkkikses/

I have dim ass headache and I hangout at home in a dim ass moral hangover*

Oonko mä kondikses?/

Am I okay?

En!/

No!

Oonko mä kondikses?/

Am I okay?

En!/

No!

Mul on hiukset sekasin ja hengaan himas ihan himmees morkkikses/

My hair is a mess and I hangout at home in a dim ass moral hangover

Verse 2

Huonovointisuus on läsnä ja koko pääkoppa kolisee/

Unwellness is present and [my] whole skull rattles

Ja mä vannon etten koskaa enää tuu koskee Stoliksee/

And I swear I’ll never touch Stolichnaya*

Kaadan viimeset pohjat pönttöön ja heitän tupakat roskikseen/

I’ll pour the last bottoms* into the toilet and throw cigarettes into trash

Sillä tää olotila saa vahvemmankin yksilön polvilleen/

Because this feeling* puts a stronger individual to their knees

En tiedä otinko iisisti vai paloko multa pinna/

I don’t remember if I took it easy or did I burn* my cool

Menikö tää poika suoraa puuta päi ja melkee linnaan/

Did this boy go straight into a tree and almost to jail

En tiedä paljonko meni gillaa ja monta flindaa/

I don’t remember how much money went and [how] many bottles

Mutta sen verran tiedän että ainakaan eilisilta/

But that much I know that last night

Pre-chorus (no translation added)

Ei ollu success, se ei menny putkee/

Ja kaiken lisäks himmee darra puskee/

Oli eilen poika pitkin iltaa yhtä hymyy/

Nyt pitkin päivää puhelin soi ja frendit kysyy/

Chorus (no translation added)

Oonko mä kondikses?/

En!/

Oonko mä kondikses?/

En!/

Mul on himmee hedari ja hengaan himas iha himmees morkkikses/

Oonko mä kondikses?/

En!/

Oonko mä kondikses?/

En!/

Mul on hiukset sekasin ja hengaan himas iha himmees morkkikses/

Chorus 2

Sängyl morkkikses!/

On bed in a moral hangover!

Pöntöl morkkikses!/

On the toilet in a moral hangover!

Mul on himmee hedari ja hengaan himas iha himmees morkkikses/

I have dim ass headache and I hangout at home in a dim ass moral hangover*

Suihkus morkkikses!/

In the shower in a moral hangover!

Sohval morkkikses!/

On the couch in a moral hangover!

Mul on hiukset sekasin ja hengaan himas iha himmees morkkikses

My hair is a mess and I hangout at home in a dim ass moral hangover

Interlude

Ah, iha kauhee morkkis/

Ah, what a [bad] moral hangover

Hyi saakeli/

Ew, damn*

Siis ihan sairas morkkis/

Such a bad moral hangover

Vaikken muista yhtää mitää/

Even if I don’t remember anything

Mul on pisto rinnas ja hyvin vahva tunne et eilisilta/

I have a sting in my chest and a strong feeling that last night

Pre-chorus (no translation added)

Ei ollu success, se ei menny putkee/

Ja kaiken lisäks himmee darra puskee/

Oli eilen poika pitkin iltaa yhtä hymyy/

Nyt pitkin päivää puhelin soi ja frendit kysyy/

Chorus (no translation added)

Oonko mä kondikses?/

En!/

Oonko mä kondikses?/

En!/

Mul on himmee hedari ja hengaan himas iha himmees morkkikses/

Oonko mä kondikses?/

En!/

Oonko mä kondikses?/

En!/

Mul on hiukset sekasin ja hengaan himas iha himmees morkkikses/

Chorus 2 (no translation added)

Sängyl morkkikses!/

Pöntöl morkkikses!/

Mul on himmee hedari ja hengaan himas iha himmees morkkikses

Suihkus morkkikses!/

Sohval morkkikses!/

Mul on hiukset sekasin ja hengaan himas iha himmees morkkikses/

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Let’s start with the song name Morgan.

It’s clearly another word for morkkis (moral hangover). I honestly think it could be used as the english term for morkkis.

Ja kaiken lisäks himmee darra puskee

And on top of that, [a] dim hangover* pushes

Himmeä means dim and it can be used to describe pretty much anything. ”Toi äijä on iha himmee” that guy is so dim (weird/out of it) or ”Himmee auto” dim car (cool car)

Here it means that he’s having a bad hangover.

Best way I’d describe it - it’s a word to use when you want to specifically stress something, positive or negative -> it will make your statement stronger.

Oonko mä kondikses?/

Am I okay?*

Kondis comes from the word kunto (condition/fitness). His friends are asking his condition.

Mul on himmee hedari ja hengaan himas iha himmees morkkikses/

I have dim ass headache and I hangout at home in a dim ass moral hangover*

Morkkis basically means moral hangover, it means you regret something you did on a nightout.

I used the term ”dim ass” because I feel like it sends the vibe and message across a lot better.

Ja mä vannon etten koskaa enää tuu koskee Stoliksee/

And I swear I’ll never touch Stolichnaya*

Stolichnaya is a vodka and Stolis is a slang word for it.

Kaadan viimeset pohjat pönttöön ja heitän tupakat roskikseen/

I’ll pour the last bottoms* into the toilet and throw cigarettes into trash

Pohja means bottom/base/ground. Pohjat means the last drops of the drink because it’s at the bottom of the bottle.

Sillä tää olotila saa vahvemmankin yksilön polvilleen/

Because this feeling* puts a stronger individual to their knees

Olotila was a bit difficult for me to translate. Basically means how you’re feeling or what’s your mood.

En tiedä otinko iisisti vai paloko multa pinna/

I don’t remember if I took it easy or did I burn* my cool

In finnish we say we burn our cool instead of losing it - the meaning is still the same, just different wording.

Hyi saakeli/

Ew, damn*

Hyi is used to express disgust and you can add a swear word to it (just like hyi saakeli)

Bonus thoughts: I absolutely love the beat and Käärijä’s flow on this one.

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If you have questions about anything, ask! I’ll answer them the best I can. Also if you’ve a better way to express something or you think of another meaning - comment it!

Thank you for the support the last translation post got :)

- Max

[raapija]

Now that I got the EP, I could get reliable Finnish lyrics for Morgan and Kovis (the lyrics are included in the pamphlet), so I could translate them into English.

Go check 'em out!

[tesb]

Käärijä interviewed at a news conference after arriving to Finland [source]

[tmrwds]

Kot Kot lyrics (so far)

En haluu tanssia hitait haluun jatkot-kot-kot Pliis munikaa ne jatkot-kot-kot Missä hitos mun ukot-kot-kot

Rupee pot-pot-potuttaan Pelottaa ettei jatko planit ehkä osukaan Kuumottaa tosissaan Osoite ois saatava ku poket tos jo hoputtaa Siis vastatkaa nyt, saatana! (Numeroon ei juuri nyt saada yhteyttä) Perhana! Miten niin ei tänäänkään oo kellää aikaa hengata

English:

I don't wanna slow dance i want the afterparty Please lay that afterparty Where the hell are my dudes

I'm getting pissed off Scared that the afterparty plans won't work out Truly anxious, need to get an adress When the doormen are making me hurry up So pick up, saatana! (the number is currently unavailable) Perhana! How come nobody has time to hangout today either

[theplantbish]

From Antti Tuisku's Instagram

Antti: "it's the main day! Just enjoy it from the bottom of your heart, the whole gang! Ps. Jere is one of the most amazing and sympathetic people I've ever met in music business! That's part of the reason why it's been so amazing to follow his journey in Eurovision. Pure love!"

Käärijä: "Thank you ana. You're wonderful, I'm just a fool"

They recently released a song together:

[embrose]

Lol, just for the fun of it I tried to translate Cha Cha Cha lyrics into english XD It wasn't too hard, they're simple, but it was harder to rewrite them so everything rhymed but the content was still the same.

A rough week and lots of long days behind

My interests are piña colada and the track

The night is still young and got time to throw back

It's time for this icy shell to crack

Holding my drinks with two hands like

Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no

Not thinking bout tomorrow as I grab the pint like

Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no

Want to be crazy and free from worries like

Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no

And I'll go until I can't sit straight like

Few piña coladas already gone

But my face is still drawn (yeah, yeah, ye-ye-yeah)

Night is still young and got time to throw back

It's time for this icy shell to crack

Gonna go dancing, not locked up anymore

Like cha cha cha I'm coming to the floor

Holding my drinks with two hands like

Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no

Not thinking bout tomorrow as I grab the pint like

Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no

Want to be crazy and free from worries like

Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, no

And I'll go until I can't sit straight like

I'll go dance and be free

Like cha cha cha

And I'm not afraid of this world I see

Like cha cha cha

When I pour champagne all over me

Cha, cha, cha, already seeing in three

And speech is slurred when this other side gets a hold of me

Cha, cha, cha, I'm not this man during the week

I'm not, but today I'm that man, today I'm that man

I'll go dance and be free

Like cha cha cha

And I'm not afraid of this world I see

Like cha cha cha

When I pour champagne all over me

Like cha cha cha

Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, ahaa

Like cha cha cha

Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha

Cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha, cha