Punaorvon vala tai Sotaorvon vala
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| PUNAORVON VALA TAI SOTAORVON VALA | The Oath of a Red Orphan |
| On luonto jylhä, rajumyrskyt pauhaa | The nature is rugged, great storms bluster |
| ja niin synkkä on toiveitteni maa. | and the land of my hopes is so gloomy. |
| Nyt ryöstettynä ompi multa kaikki, | Now I have been robbed of everything, |
| tätä kurjuutta kärsiä mä saan. | I have to suffer this misery. |
| Oli mulla ennen pieni kaunis koti, | I used to have a small, beautiful home, |
| jossa vanhempani mua hoiteli. | where my parents took care of me. |
| Siellä äiti pikkusiskoani | There my mother |
| kehdossansa hellin tuuditti. | gently cradled my little sister. |
| Mutta pommitus sen multa poies ryösti, | But a bombing stole it all from me, |
| rajumyrskyt kaatoivat mun kotini. | great storms pushed down my home. |
| Lahtareitten luodit isän hengen riisti, | The butchers'1 bullets took my father's life, |
| murhe hautaan vei mun rakkaan äitini. | and grief took my dear mother to her grave. |
| Mun isäin lepää sorakuopass' tuolla, | My father rests in a gravel pit somewhere out there, |
| hän on tutkimatta teloitettuna. | he was executed without a trial. |
| Ja äitiraukka nukkuu nurmen alla, | And my poor mother is sleeping under the grass, |
| rauhallisna uinuu viime untansa. | peacefully having her last dream. |
| Heidän haudallensa istutan mä ruusun, | I shall plant a rose on their graves, |
| ja sen kostutan mä kyynelilläni. | and moisten it with my tears. |
| Sitä ruusua ei sortovalta kaada, | That rose will not be pushed down by tyranny, |
| sen puolest' annan vaikka henkeni. | I would even give my life for that. |
| Kerran vielä tulee toisenlainen aika, | Once there will be a different era, |
| kerran sortovalta vahva lannistuu. | once the strong tyranny will be brought down. |
| Kansa sorrettu rivinsä kun nostaa, | When the oppressed people will rise again, |
| lahtarit ne silloin kauhistuu. | the butchers [1] shall be terrified. |
| Silloin köyhä kansa niiltä vallan ottaa, | That is when the poor people will take over, |
| silloin uusi aika koittaa työläisten. | that is when a new era of workers will dawn. |
| Silloin poistamme me sortovallan kahleet | That is when we shall remove the chains of oppression |
| ja punaorvon valan vannomme! | and vow the oath of a Red orphan! |
[1] Lahtari is a term the Reds used about the Whites. It cannot be translated, but butcher is close enough. (translator's original note) |
