[2][3] The first public performance of Jäger March was in Helsinki on 19 January 1918 by the choir Akademiska sångföreningen, led by Olof Wallin.

Oli rinnassa yö, tuhat tuskaa, vaan yks' aatos ylpeä, pyhä: Me nousemme kostona Kullervon, soma on sodan kohtalot koittaa.

In our chest we had the night, a thousand pains, but only one proud, holy thought: We will rise like the revenge of Kullervo, And we shall pass sweetly those destinies of the war.

There was a night in our hearts, a thousand sorrows, but one proud, sacred conviction: We rise for revenge like Kullervo, to be beguiled by the fate of war.

Sen leijonalippua jääkärien käsivarret jäntevät kantaa, Kertosäe (×2): yli pauhun kenttien hurmeisten päin nousevan Suomen rantaa.

Its Lion-flag is carried, by the strong hands of Jaegers, Chorus (×2): over the roar of bloody battlefields, to the rising shore of Finland.

Its Lion flag is being carried by the strong arms of the Jägers, Chorus (×2) Over the thundering fields of bloody battles towards the rising shore of Finland.