Hos mie itken, hos mie laulan

SKVR III1 108·Narvusi·1858·Collector: Länkelä, Jaako

In the SKVR edition: Narvusi. J. Länkelä. v. I 23. 1858.

SKVR textEnglish

1Hos mie itken, hos mie laulan,Whether I weep, whether I sing,

2Ei miun päiväni parene,My days do not brighten,

3Eikä muutu muureheni,Nor do my sorrows change,

4Ei sula sulat sanani,My words do not melt away,

5Ei sula sulalla säällä,Not in thawing weather,

6Eikä säällä lempöisellä,Nor in warm weather,

7Ei kesällä hein'ajalla,Not in summer's haymaking time,

8Parahalla paistehella.Under the brightest sunshine.

9Kaikki mun päälleni tuleet,All things descend upon me,

10Laelleni lankeavat;Fall upon my shoulders;

11Ei oo sirkulla sisoja,The sparrow has no sisters,

12Eikä virvell' vellosia,The stream has no brothers,

13Kelle mie sanat sanoisin.To whom could I speak my words?

14Meen metsään kesällä,I go to the forest in summer,

15Metsään kesollisehen,To the summer-filled forest,

16Haastan haavan lehtosille,I speak to the aspen in the grove,

17Kurtan kuusen oksaisille,Lament to the spruce's branches,

18Pajatan pajun vesoille;Whisper to the willow's shoots;

19Muutan suuni mustikalla,I dye my mouth with blueberries,

20Vaihan suuni vaapukalla,Swap my mouth with lingonberries,

21Mesimarjalla mautan.Sweeten it with arctic brambles.

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 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.

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