Jo kaikki unin unohin
In the SKVR edition: Soikkola. J. Länkelä. v. III 4 c. 1858.
SKVR textEnglish
Toisinto:
1Jo kaikki unin unohin,I forgot all my dreams,
2Kaikki laulut lakkaelin,All songs I made cease,
3Vaan en kolmea unoha:But three I won't forget:
4Yht' en synnykki siaa,First, my birth place,
5Toist' en kasvutta kallistaani,Second, my precious nurturing,
6Kolmatta emohuttaani.Third, my dear mother.
7Ken emon unohtanee,Who forgets the mother,
8Lanka pollen laittanee,Shall lay wool on straw,
9Helmi pollen heittänee;Cast pearls on straw;
10Emoi nähnyt suuren vaivan,Mothers endured great pain,
11Korjaaja kovan kipiän,Menders of harsh hurt,
12Sauninmaassa maatessaan,Lying in Sauna-land,
13Olkosilla ollessaan.Being at the Thresholds.
14Puri puuta söi kivoja,Bit wood, ate stones,
15Haukkeli vesi hakoja.Splashed water on splinters.
16Ken emoin unohtanee,Who forgets mothers,
17Lanka pollen laittanee,Shall lay wool on straw,
18Helmi pollen heittänee,Cast pearls on straw,
19Elkää mahtuu manalle,Don't enter Death's realm,
20Maan päälle maoittukaa,Don't lie on earth's surface,
21Ilman päälle inttykää!Don't stand in the air!
22Maan päällä maot punaiset,On earth red serpents,
23Tuonen toukat kirjavaiset.Death's mottled maggots.
24Emoi on suusta syötettävä,Mothers must be fed from mouth,
25Kätyessä käännettävä.Supported when walking.
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-007185 · Read at SKS ↗
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