Marjukkainen miun emoni
In the SKVR edition: Narvusi. J. Länkelä. v. II 5. 1858.
SKVR textEnglish
1Marjukkainen miun emoni,Marjukkainen, my mother,
2Karjukkainen kantajani,Karjukkainen, my bearer,
3Kuvasi tytärtä kuusi,You bore six daughters,
4Toista kuusi poika lasta.Another six sons as offspring.
5Viisi vihkiin lähetti,Five you sent to wedlock,
6Kuuennen kotia heitti,The sixth you left at home.
7Heitti Maija tyttärensäShe left Maija, her daughter,
8Hopehia hoitamaan,To tend the silver,
9Kultia kuluttamaan,To spend the gold,
10Vaskia valostamaan,To polish the copper,
11Soruja polettamaan.To melt the trinkets.
12Hoisin nuo emoni hopiat,I tended my mother’s silver,
13Kulutin isoni kullat.I spent my father’s gold.
14Kengitin jalan tuvassa,I shod my foot in the house,
15Toisen oman kirstun päällä.The other on my own chest.
16Otin koivusen korennon,I took a birchwood bucket,
17Vierin vettä ottamaanRolled to fetch water
18Kaivosta kylän takoa,From the village forge’s well,
19Pellolta kylän periltä.From the field at the village’s end.
20Sieltä Maija varastettiin,There Maija was stolen,
21Vetotieltä temmattiin.Snatched from the hauling path.
22Kenen vuoro etsimään?Whose turn to seek her?
23Vetei kenen kuin emon.None but the mother’s.
24Emyt Maijaa huutaa.The mother calls for Maija.
25Maija vasten vastaeli:Maija answered in protest:
26"En pääse mie emonen,"I cannot come, mother,
27Pilvi päätäni pitää,A cloud holds my head,
28Hattarainen hartioita.Mist grips my shoulders.
29Tuo pilvelle pikari,Bring the cloud a goblet,
30Toinen pilven poikuelle,Another for the cloud’s son,
31Hattaralle hauin kirja,For the mist, a pike’s charm,
32Keitä otrista olutta,Brew barley beer,
33Makehista mallasvettä,Sweet malted water,
34Siis vasta pääsen mie, emoni."Then I’ll come, mother."
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-007153 · Read at SKS ↗
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