En ole laulajan sukua
In the SKVR edition: Omelie. Eur. K, n. 16. - 45.
SKVR textEnglish
[En ole laulajan sukua - Kipusanoja - Voiteiden tuonti].
1En ole laulajan sukua,I am not of the singer's kin,
2Virsivättälin väkiä;Nor the hymn-weaver's folk;
3Eipä tässä lautsat laula,Here no wooden plates sing,
4Eikä patsahat pajata,Nor stone statues chatter,
5Eikä impyet iloitse,Nor maidens rejoice,
6Kuin en on itse ilonne.As I myself lack joy.
7Jos rupeisin laulamahan,If I began to sing,
8Ja saisin sanelemahan,And managed to recite,
9Kylän naiset nauretah,Village women would laugh,
10Piiat pilkka veistetäh.Maids would carve mockery.
11Empä huoli naisten naurust:I care not for women's laughter:
12Kylän naisiss on nauramista,In village women is laughter,
13Piioiss on itsessä pilkka;In maids inherent scorn;
14Toki laulan, en totrelle.Yet I sing, not obeying.
15Oli ennen 4 neittä,There was once a maiden,
16Koko 3 morsienta,All brides,
17Tuone mie kipuja työnnänThere I thrust pains
18Kuhan kulta kulmaluille,When gold to the temples,
19Se kyllä syville viepi.It carries deep below.
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21Siell on hyvä ollaksesi,There it's good to be,
22Lempi liekaellaksesi,To frolic in love,
23Siellä miehet mettä juovat,There men drink mead,
24Simoa sirettelevät.Sip honey-drink delicately.
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26Halkase kivi keseltä,Split the stone from its core,
27Kirvota kivut sisälle.Carve pains within.
28Kivi yhteh yhistä,Stone united together,
29Lomatusten loukkaele.Break the festive ones.
30Lennä, pääsky, päivän alle,Fly, swallow, under the sun,
31Ota kuppi kuun kylestä,Take a cup from moon's edge,
32Kauha päivän kainalosta,Ladle from sun's armpit,
33Tuos on mettä, tuos on vettä,There's mead, there's water,
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35100 sarvea sylissä,A horn in the lap,
361000 muuta muhkurata.Other sturdy vessels.
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38Mehiläinen ilman lintu,Bee, bird of the air,
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40Lypsä maitoa meistä,Milk us for milk,
41Maarian metinen maito,Mary's honeyed milk,
42Jesuksen veri punainen,Jesus' red blood,
43Ne on yhtehen yhistä,They are united together,
44Sekatuksin seuraele.Follow as blended things.
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.
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-005868 · Read at SKS ↗
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