KOM-teatteri — Balladi toveri Viljasesta song lyrics and translation

The page contains the lyrics and English translation of the song "Balladi toveri Viljasesta" by KOM-teatteri.

Lyrics

Kai muistat toveri Viljasen ja ohranan hotellin?
Kai muistat sen viileän kesäkuun yön, kun Viljanen katosi?
Me olimme kommunisteja ja olemme vieläkin.
Me muistamme toveri Viljasta, jonka ohrana murhasi.
Kun meitä syytettiin pettureiksi niin Viljanen sanoi vaan:
Jos herra tuomari antaa luvan, minä poistun nauramaan.
Me olimme kommunisteja ja olemme vieläkin.
Me muistamme toveri Viljasta, jonka ohrana murhasi.
Oli Viljasen hymyssä jotakin, joka ärsytti ohranaa.
Kun kiduttajat uupuivat, hän sanoi: Jatketaan.
Me olimme kommunisteja ja olemme vieläkin.
Me muistamme toveri Viljasta, jonka ohrana murhasi.
Kai tiesi toveri Viljanen, mikä häntä odotti.
Sinä varhaisena aamuna kun hänet noudettiin.
Oli hampaat lyöty kurkkuun ja sormet katkottu,
vaan yhä viipyi nöyrtyminen ja se tärkeä tunnustus.
Me olimme kommunisteja ja olemme vieläkin.
Me muistamme toveri Viljasta, jonka ohrana murhasi.
Hän tiesi miten ohranassa vankeja kohdellaan.
Hän olisi voinut olla vaarallinen todistaja.
Aurinko oli jo noussut ja kaste kimmelsi,
kun Viljanen seisoi haudallaan ja itään katseli.
Ei itseään hän itkenyt, hän suri vain veljiään,
joita Suomen herrat tapattivat Karjalan kentillä.
Me olimme kommunisteja ja olemme vieläkin.
Me muistamme toveri Viljasta, jonka ohrana murhasi.
Ei kutsu muisto Viljasen meitä verin kostamaan.
Se kutsuu vanhan hautaamaan ja uutta rakentamaan.
Se kutsuu Suomen työläisiä suureen rintamaan.
Se kutsuu meitä rakentamaan paremman maailman.
Me olemme kommunisteja ja me rakennamme sen.
Se on yhteinen työ ja velvollisuus, kansainvälinen.

Lyrics translation

You remember Comrade Viljanen and ohrana's hotel, right?
You remember that cool June night when Viljanen disappeared?
We were communists, and we are still.
We remember a comrade from the grain that ohrana murdered.
When we were accused of being traitors, Viljanen said,:
If your Honor gives you permission, I'll leave laughing.
We were communists, and we are still.
We remember a comrade from the grain that ohrana murdered.
There was something in Viljanen's smile that irritated barley.
When the torturers were exhausted, he said, Let's move on.
We were communists, and we are still.
We remember a comrade from the grain that ohrana murdered.
Kai knew comrade Viljanen what was waiting for him.
The early morning he was picked up.
He had his teeth knocked down his throat and his fingers cut off.,
but there was still a time of humility and that important confession.
We were communists, and we are still.
We remember a comrade from the grain that ohrana murdered.
He knew how to treat prisoners in barley.
He could have been a dangerous witness.
The sun had already risen and the dew was shining,
when Viljanen stood at his grave and looked east.
He didn't cry, he just mourned his brothers.,
who were killed by the Finnish Lords in the fields of Karelia.
We were communists, and we are still.
We remember a comrade from the grain that ohrana murdered.
No call for the memory of a grain of blood to avenge us.
It invites the old to bury and the new to build.
It invites Finnish workers to the great front.
It invites us to build a better world.
We are communists, and we build it.
It is a common work and duty, international.