Emoni minun erotti

SKVR III1 195·Soikkola·1858·Collector: Länkelä, Jaako

In the SKVR edition: [Soikkola t. Narvusi]. J. Länkelä. v. III 20. 1858.

SKVR textEnglish

1Emoni minun erotti,My mother set me apart,

2Hautojaiseni harotti,My burial rites dispersed me,

3Eri muista lapsistaan,Away from her other children,

4Eri ottamaisistaan,From those she had gathered,

5Pohjuspuolelle porotti,Thundered to the northern side,

6Pohjus-tuulta tuntemaan,To know the northern winds,

7Ahavoja arvaamaan.To divine the frosty blasts,

8Tunsin tuulet, tunsin tyynet,I knew winds, I knew calms,

9Vaan en tuntenut emännän kieltä.But not the mistress's tongue.

10Emännällä kolme kieltä:The mistress has three tongues:

11Yksi on luinen, toinen puinen,One is bony, one is wooden,

12Kolmas koko kivoinen,The third wholly stony,

13Luisella luettelee,With bone she recites,

14Puisella puottelee,With wood she wards off,

15Kivoisella kiusajaa.With stone she troubles foes.

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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