Paroles et traduction Juha Vainio - Kaverit on komeasti palkittu

Kaverit on komeasti palkittu

Jalka meni miinassa Kallella
Ja Sakarias halvaantui
Vähän oli ehjiä tallella
Kun ukot yli Vuoksen ui

Ja kohtapa loppui jo sotakin
He saapuivat oottaen jotakin
Kotiasemalla ensiksi kiitettiin
Sitten kortistoon liitettiin

Kerto:
On kaverit ne komeasti palkittu
Paljon kiitosta vaan vaivasta
Niin somasti on monumentti kalkittu
Pian viimeiset käy kohti taivasta

Vihollinen saa tulla luoteesta
Tai sitten ihan mistä vaan
Sotavammasairaalan vuoteesta
Ei Osku jaksa vastaamaan

On sissi tuo painettu pimeään
Ei muisteta kohta ees nimeään
Raju ostovoima rintamaeläkkeen
Sillä sämpylän saa, ja teen

Kerto

Kipeäksi valtion hommissa
Kun lähettiläs rähjääntyy
Vaikka koko mies muhii rommissa
Sen komitea hyväksyy

Vaan sirpale aivoissa sankarin
On matkalta muistona ankarin
Sotasyyllisiä oisko ne sittenkin
Kopla Villen ja Aukustin

Kerto

Niin somasti on monumentti kalkittu
Pian viimeiset käy kohti taivasta

Comrades Are Handsomely Rewarded

Kalle lost his leg to a mine
And Sakarias was paralyzed
Few were left whole
When the men swam across the Vuoksi

And soon after the war was over
They arrived expecting something
At the home station they were first thanked
Then they were added to the files

Chorus:
My dear, my comrades have been handsomely rewarded
Much praise for their efforts
The monument has been prettily whitewashed
Soon the last ones will be in heaven

The enemy may come from the northwest
Or then from anywhere
From his hospital bed
Osku can't answer

The guerrilla has been pushed into the dark
Soon his name will be forgotten
The considerable purchasing power of a disability pension
Will buy a bread roll, and tea

Chorus

Sick from working for the state
When the ambassador degenerates
Even though the whole man is stewing in rum
The committee will approve it

But the shrapnel in the hero's brain
Is the harshest memory of the journey
Could they have been war criminals after all
Ville and Aukusti's gang

Chorus

The monument has been prettily whitewashed
Soon the last ones will be in heaven