Missä miehet ratsastaa
Finland 2008 Eurovision Song
Where the men ride
Huh! Hah! Huh! Hah!
Huh! Hah! Huh! Hah!
Olkoon myrsky sekä viima
Ja tuvassa lämmin kamiina
On kunnia ja miehuullisuus
Suorittaa velvollisuus
Maailma on kylmä vaikka
On ehkä lämmölläkin paikka
Kentät kutsuu sankareita
Eikä suinkaan pelkureita
Missä miehet ratsastaa
Siellä lampaat ei voi laiduntaa
Missä miehet ratsastaa
Siellä kuulee susien ulvontaa
Huh! Hah! Huh! Hah!
Olkoon edessä tuhoa
Ja takana lemmen lumoa
On miehellä velvollisuus
Muistaa urhoollisuus
Ei kukaan voi välttää kipua
J vain elämän virrassa lipua
Kentät kutsuu sankareita
Eikä suinkaan pelkureita
Missä miehet ratsastaa
Siellä lampaat ei voi laiduntaa
Missä miehet ratsastaa
Siellä kuulee susien ulvontaa
Missä miehet, missä miehet ratsastaa
Missä miehet, missä miehet ratsastaa
Missä miehet ratsastaa
Siellä lampaat ei voi laiduntaa
Missä miehet ratsastaa
Siellä kuulee susien ulvontaa
Missä miehet ratsastaa
Siellä lampaat ei voi laiduntaa
Missä miehet ratsastaa
Siellä kuulee susien ulvontaa
Missä miehet… Hah! Huh! Hah!
Missä miehet… Hah! Huh! Hah!
English Translation
Where The Men Ride
Huh – hah – huh – hah
Huh – hah – huh – hah
May there be the wind and the storm
and in the home warm
It is manhood and honor
to do one’s duty
The world though cold
even warmth has its place
The field calls for heroes
and by no means the fearful
Where the men ride
there the sheep do not rove
Where the men ride
The wolves do howl
Huh – hah – huh – hah
May before us be destruction
and behind us be the glow of love
Man has his duty
to remember his courage
No one can avoid pain
and meander along the eddies of life
The field calls for heroes
and by no means the fearful
Where the men ride
there the sheep do not rove
Where the men ride
The wolves do howl
Where the men, the men ride
Where the men, the men ride
Where the men ride
there the sheep do not rove
Where the men ride
The wolves do howl
Where the men ride
there the sheep do not rove
Where the men ride
The wolves do howl
Where the men hah – huh – hah
Where the men hah – huh – hah
A big thanks to Chrysalis who submitted the translation!
I never did say never I just don’t think it fits Eurovision (the way I see it 🙂 )
Admin, never say never. 🙂 If you think about what kind of entries ESC had 15 years ago, who would have thought that in the end of the next decade the entries – and the winners! – would be the kind they are now? So, who knows. Maybe in years to come we will witness all finalists being metal or house! 😉
Beca, I guess in that case Eurovision is just not for you because metal is simply not something I see belonging to Eurovision.
I like house music for example but I don’t imagine it ending up on Eurovision…
To be honest, since 2006 I’ve started to watch Eurovision again solely because of the fantastic Finnish entries!! Won’t be watching this year because of what I consider the God awful choices the Finnish people had- I researched to see if it’s worth it!! Really not my thing. Finnish metal in general is fabulous. I would never have discovered Terasbetoni if it wasn’t for Eurovision and now they’re my favourite band! So annoyed they very rarely, if ever, play in the UK. I’m sure they’d go down just as well as Turisas did at Download a couple of years ago! I suppose for now the best I can do is keep checking the line up for Wachen!
They might as well be singing about rats in a cable car.. it would sound the same LOL
thanks for the comment farrah
literally fell off my bed when i heard it on euro….fantastic!..real men..real sweat… thanks for translation..thought they were singing about rats in a cable car, obviously i am a non finnish speaking person,,,,but so love the song..cool 🙂
z2xc5v- but I think that the Turkish song from 2003 is great even when I don’t watch the performance of it xD
I’m a metalhead so…think that’s why I liked it that much!!! (yeah!!) :p ,heheh…
well,i think that “hard rock hallelujah” was a good song anyway (at least for the eurovision standars),and of course,lordi’s show made the difference…but I think that terasbetoni’s song was COOL…and probably much better than lordi’s one…I love it!!these guys rock!but a hard rock song couln’t be voted by eurovision fans(according to who has won and who has not so far..)if it’s not supported by a veeery special show….I liked the song and the band (oh…the singer was sooo hot:p -and with a wonderfull voice!)but I don’t know if a good hard rock song could be respected by anyone out there…!:s
but Sergej, no one seems to be tired of the same folk beat in the Greek songs, cuz everyone keeps voting to it >.< and that had been placed on stage so after that the hard rock, isnt? (and year by year is less original)…
And about the costume, yea it does take part of their win, but its like all, when Sertab won in 2003, i think 90% of her win was related to the dance..if you see her now singing the song without dancer, you dont gonna believe that she was the winner xD i just cant find the video of her preselection, you gonna laugh xD
I think that their performance was rather good but it wasn’t appreciated enough cause the people have been fed up already with Finnish rock. Every year it’s on and on.
Didi.greece- yea I think their costumes had a big part of their win….
why hard rock Halleluya isnt a song that you can sing? i sing it everytime i hear it, i think the opposite, for me is almost imposible to sing this one, have to kill my throath trying to sing words like “ratsastaa” or “miehuulisuus” xD and notice that im dutch, and we certanly have a difficult to pronounce languague :p but anyway, i like both, but i still think that Lordi were the winner for some reason, and teräsbetoni are not :p
By the way… Hard Rock Halilyia is not a song you can sing, but missa miehet ratsastaa is great song and i hear it every day. It’s….. WOW! 😀 You can’t compare them. Terasbetoni are beter and that’s what it is…
Hey! Kalimera from Greece! 🙂
Maybe Lordi won Eurovision 2006, but Terasbetoni are so much better than they are. Lordi won because they wear freak costumes. Terasbetoni music is a bit more melody than Lordi music.. Becides, they have a beautifull voice… Jarkko Ahola! Who also write the lyrics and the music for the band. He is a big talent….
Terasbetoni & Jarkko Ahola [ of course ;)] They 100% “ROCK”!!!
kisses…! 🙂
hey finske venner!
you did it great in 2006 but not this time i must say. By the way the danish word for fireplace is also kamin 😀
I agree with admin here, doesn’t belong at the Eurovision. Suppose that this is good for heavy metal fans but I don’t like that kind of music at all really.
Sorry finnish neighbours, but no points from Ruotsi for this if I would have decided. we gave you points as neighbours usually do but for me you wouldn’t get any points. sorry….
omg!!!perfect translation!!!it was very good!!and the video too!!!cooooooool!!!!
Finals
Song 8
I really don’t want to comment this again. Simply doesn’t belong at Eurovision!
Same here-admin
Song 16. I didn’t change my mind about this entry.. It is sooo not my kind of music and I don’t imagine Eurovision to be the place for such songs
I’d say ‘hearth’ is the best word for kamiina, although literally it is indeed (iron) stove. Kamiina is chosen for the rhythm, so I’d say anything that stands for ‘fireplace’ qualifies.
well.. if it’s men in general, then it should be without “the”
Credit… hm… you can be an honorary member on our forum
Or.. maybe you had something else in mind?
lol
Hmm, yes, but then again can’t you use it for warming as well? 😀 Ofcourse it could just be translated “And at home a warm fire”, but I’ll let you decide what the best way is… And I’m not sure should the song name (and of course lyrics) be “Where men ride” of “Where the men ride”? It only talks about men riding, nothing more specific than that…
Oh yeah btw, is there any credit in this for me? Don’t get me wrong ofcourse, just asking ;D
well stove is the thing in which you cook.. so i guess fireplace would be more appropriate if the point is in “warm house”
Well, literally I think it would be something like this:
“Let there be storm and wind
And at home a warm stove
It’s honor and manhood
To do one’s duty”
At least that is as close as I got to how the original finnish lyrics go. I decided to translate kamiina as stove, I guess that would be the right word, or certainly close…
Hey, Teräksen Varjo!
Thanks for the input!
I don’t have a clue about Finish but
The fields call for heroes, and by no means the fearful
definitely sounds better
And, kamiina for sure sounds like something that should be translated as fireplace (Serbian word is kamin 🙂 ) but how would you translate the entire part?
Olkoon myrsky sekä viima
Ja tuvassa lämmin kamiina
On kunnia ja miehuullisuus
Suorittaa velvollisuus
Nice translation, very nice. One thing however: Why is “Kentät kutsuu sankareita, Eikä suinkaan pelkureita” first translated as “The field calls for heroes, and not for the fearful” and the second time correctly “The fields call for heroes, and no ways the fearful”?
Or would it be better if it were: “The fields call for heroes, and by no means the fearful”? Just to be literal…
And I,m pretty sure there is a word for “kamiina” in english too (it’s a type of fireplace).
Still, excellent translation, Chrysalis… Just got to love the way you did the chorus 🙂
Translated lyrics from Finnish to English. I decided not do the rhyming or the rhythm.
Huh – hah – huh – hah
Huh – hah – huh – hah
May there be the wind and the storm
and in the home warm
It is manhood and honor
to do one’s duty
The world though cold
even warmth has its place
The field calls for heroes
and not for the fearful
Where the men ride
there the sheep do not rove
Where the men ride
The wolves do howl
Huh – hah – huh – hah
May before us be destruction
and behind us be the glow of love
Man has his duty
to remember his courage
No one can avoid pain
and meander along the eddies of life
The fields call for heroes
and no ways the fearful
Where the men ride
there the sheep do not rove
Where the men ride
The wolves do howl
Where the men, the men ride
Where the men, the men ride
Where the men ride
there the sheep do not rove
Where the men ride
The wolves do howl
Where the men ride
there the sheep do not rove
Where the men ride
The wolves do howl
Where the men hah – huh – hah
Where the men hah – huh – hah