ACCORDING TO THE EVIDENCE,
THE CITY BUILT FOR CENTURIES.
IT WAS ONCE CALLED HÄMEENLINNA
AND STILL IT KEEPS THE NAME.
IT FOUGHT BACK ALL THE ENEMIES
WHO WANTED ITS AMENITIES,
THE CITY STOOD FOR CENTURIES
AND SAVED ITS PRIDE AND FAME.
HÄMEENLINNA, HÄMEENLINNA,
NOW IT IS THE CITY OF OURS.
IT BECAME A PART OF SOMETHING,
IN OUR HEARTS IT'S ONLY LOVE.
AT THE BOAT DOCK THIS MORNING,
WE ENJOYED THE EARLY DAWNING,
SEAGULLS SOARING
AND CONFIRMING,
WATCHED US FROM THE SKY ABOVE.
IT WOULD BE A DREAM
OF BRILLIANCE
TO MEET HERE JEAN SIBELIUS,
AT VERKKATEHDAS CENTER
HE COULD PLAY AN ÉTUDE.
OLYMPIC PARK AT APPARA'S
ALREADY IN THE CAMERA,
THEN WE VISIT AULANKO PARK,
IT IS JUST A PRELUDE.
HÄMEENLINNA, HÄMEENLINNA,
IN OUR HEARTS YOU ARE
THE WINNER,
IF SOMEONE IS A BEGINNER,
MUST GET USED TO LONGER DAYS.
WHEN THE SUN HITS THE HORIZON,
IN A FLASH IT CAN
START RISING,
AND TO SOME EXTENT SURPRISING
IN THE DAYLIGHT'S
LANTERN RAYS.
HERE THE PEOPLE
AND THE ANIMALS
CAN ROAM FREELY AS THEY
ALL PLEASE,
IN WINTER YOU MIGHT
SLIGHTLY FREEZE,
EMBRACED BY WINTER'S MIGHT.
THE COUNTRY IS A NORDIC ONE,
IN GENERAL WE'RE LIVING FINE,
KEEP SAUNA IN YOUR MIND,
DISPELLING ANY FEAR.
HÄMEENLINNA, HÄMEENLINNA,
YOUR OWN JOURNEY,
A LONG TRACK,
EPIC TALES HAVE ALL BEEN WOVEN
THROUGH THE HISTORY AND BACK.
AND FOREVER YOU'LL STAND HERE,
AS A HAVEN JUST FOR EACH,
IN THE LIBRARY I'M SITTING,
LOST IN MY POETIC SPEECH.