Kuin tulee kesoset päivät

SKVR III1 177·Soikkola·1858·Collector: Länkelä, Jaako

In the SKVR edition: [Soikkola t. Narvusi]. J. Länkelä. v. III 6. 1858.

Song types: Ikävä isättä olla, Kun minun emoni, isoni eläisi, Miksi on minua luotu, Pieneksi jäin mie isosta, Syntymistään sureva

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1Kuin tulee kesoset päivät,When the summer days arrive,

2Kesokukkaset kujalle,Summer flowers to the lane,

3Niin tulee miulle murhe,Then comes sorrow to me,

4Ja tulee haleus-aika.And a time of pity comes.

5Mitä olis minulla muretta,What sorrow would I have,

6Mitä olis huolta huoliani,What worry of my worries,

7Kuin olis isyt elossa,If my fathers were alive,

8Taattoni maata tallajaisi,My grandfather would tread the earth,

9Maata verkani vetäisi,Pull the spindle on the earth,

10Puurtasi puna hameeni.Labored on my red skirt.

11Mitä vasten miun emoni,Why did my mother,

12Mitä vasten vaaliani,Why my dear one,

13Mitä vasten synnytteli,Why give birth,

14Kannatteli, kasvatteli,Nurtured, raised me,

15Synnytti syrjälle kovalle,Bore me to a harsh edge,

16Kaato maille karkeille?Cast me onto rough lands?

17Mahto veteen upottaa,Could have drowned me in water,

18Mahto virtaan visata,Thrown me into the stream,

19Mahto lassa lainehesse,Into the bay’s waves,

20Ennen kun synnytti minuaBefore birthing me

21Näille päiville pahoille,To these evil days,

22Mokomille muurehille.To such sorrows.

23Mahto miun emoni,Could my mother,

24Mahto mahona olla,Have been a womb,

25Kesot käyä päähkenässä,Summers roaming in her mind,

26Mahto tuua turtapuita,Brought numb trees,

27Veetellä vesihakoja,Watered water-willows,

28Kylvetellä kynnyksiä,Sowed thresholds,

29Imetellä ikkunoja,Suckled windows,

30Pessä pieniä kiviä,Washed small stones,

31Ennenkun synnytti minua,Before birthing me,

32Ilmalle isottomalle.To a fatherless world.

33Paha on isotta elää,Hard to live fatherless,

34Haljahella hautojatta.Tenderly unburied.

35Pieneksi jäin mie isosta:I stayed small from father:

36Kuin synnyin mie emolle,When I was born to mother,

37En ollut tuota korkiampi;I was no taller than that;

38Olen kortta korkiampi,Now a span taller,

39Kuin synnyin mie emolle.Than when born to 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.

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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-007188 · Read at SKS ↗

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