Mammaseni, marjaseni

SKVR III1 16·Narvusi·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.170. 1853.

Song types: Hanhi kadonnut, Läksin suolle sotkuilleni, kolkutin kodan ovea, Nuorena sotaan viety veli, Pakeneva

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1Mammaseni, marjaseni,My sweet one, my berry,

2Punaposki puolukkaini,Red-cheeked my lingonberry,

3Paista miulle paxu kakku,Bake me a thick cake,

4Levitä leveä leipä,Spread the wide bread,

5Mill mie mänen Seppälähän,How shall I go to Smith's,

6Kirvestäni teettämähän,To have my axe made,

7Veistäni karastamaan.To temper my blade.

8Seppä oli tiellä kuollehena,The smith lay dead on the road,

9Sepän koirat silmilleni.His dogs before my eyes.

10Apusin mie aian päälle,I climbed the fence,

11Aita altani lakosi;The fence collapsed beneath me;

12Mie pääsin päistärille,I reached the brink,

13Päistäret tulehen sytty;The brink burst into flames;

14Miepä juoksin Juomuelle,I ran to Juomu,

15Juomuelta Saaruelle,From Juomu to Saaru,

16Saaruella miun kotoni;At Saaru is my home;

17Kolkutin kotoisen usta,I knocked on the home's door,

18Rämähytin räystäspuuta.Rattled the eaves' wood.

19(Tuolta neitonen pirahti),(From there a maiden darted),

20Hyppäis sieltä suuri neito,A great maiden leapt forth,

21Suuri koiranen keralla:A great dog at her side:

22"Mitäs itket poikueni?""Why weep, my boy?"

23"Itken aino velloani,"I weep for my only brother,

24Miks mäni pienenä sotahen,Why he went to war young,

25Maitosuunna Malvalahan."Milk-mouthed to Malvala."

26"Sieltä vellosi tulee,"From there your brother comes,

27Yli metsän pää näkyy,His head seen over the forest,

28Jalat alta harjottaa,Legs stretching below,

29Keskipaikka kuumoittaa,His midsection aglow,

30Linnut piukkaat pioissa,Birds clutched in his hands,

31Hanhet kaljuit kainalossa."Plucked geese under his arm."

32Kuhun paan vellon linnut?Where to place his birds?

33Paan jalkapohjuksiin,Beneath his soles,

34Jalkojain kututtamahan.To warm his feet.

35Panen pää pohjuksihin,His head under soles,

36Hiuksiain vanuttamahan,To wear his hair thin.

37Panen helmivakkasehen,In a pearl-box I place them,

38Helmiä helyttämähän,To jingle the pearls.

39Panen kauravakkasehen,In an oat-box I place them,

40Kaurojani karistamahan.To shake out my oats.

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-007024 · Read at SKS ↗

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