Mie olen mieš poloińen poika
In the SKVR edition: Koljola. Bor. III, n. 128. 20/9 77. Joakkońi Ol'eksei, Kol'l'osia. - Mp. Uhtuessa.
SKVR textEnglish
Kontien virret.
Kuin mettśäh lähetäh.
1Mie olen mieš poloińen poika,I am a poor man's son,
2Poika on polon alańi,The son beneath the wretched one,
3Ošoam mie norolla nošša,I was born to rise in the marsh,
4Voaran kulmalla kohota.To ascend on the wolf's hill.
5Šoatako tuolla šoarekšella,Shall I hunt there on the shore,
6Tuolla kummulla kuleta,There on the barrow to perish,
7Jošt' on šoalis šoataisinki,If the game is to be hunted,
8Erän toimi tuotaisinki.The hunt's task to be fulfilled.
9Šoata šauvan šuoverošta,Hunt the staff from the willow,
10Taki helmašta taluta,Lead it from behind the lap,
11Jos on soalis soataisinki,If the quarry is to be hunted,
12Erän toimi tuotaisinki;The hunt's work to be done;
13Jošš' on kuuset kultavöissä,If the spruces wear golden belts,
14Hoavan latvat hal'l'akoissa,The aspen's crowns in hoarfrost,
15Honkat latvoissa hopieta.The pines' tops silvered.
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies.
The text is that of the SKVR digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), with these changes:
- The editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
- The edition’s line numbers are replaced by a number on every verse, counted as in the poem reader.
- The editors’ notes, and the marks in the verses that point to them, are left out; they can be read at SKS.
Source
Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-003633 · Read at SKS ↗
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