Emoiseni ehtoiseni

SKVR III1 282·Soikkola·1858·Collector: Länkelä, Jaako

In the SKVR edition: Soikkola. J. Länkelä. v. V 26. 1858.

SKVR textEnglish

1Emoiseni ehtoiseni,My mother, my evening mother,

2Mammoiseni maksaiseni,My dear mother, my precious one,

3Tuo miun sulkku(iset) sukkaini,Bring me my feathered socks,

4Paperiset paitaseni,My paper-fine shirts,

5Jo aika pois paetaNow it's time to flee away,

6Viron maille viisahille!To the wise lands of Estonia!

7Viron maill' on myllylöjä,In Estonia's lands are mills,

8Myllylöiss' on mättähiä,In the mills are mounds,

9Mättähill' on mantsikoita.On the mounds are strawberries.

10Mantsikka mäellä huusi,The strawberry on the hill cried out,

11Puola kaljui kankahalla:Puola scurried on the heath:

12Tye neito noppimaan,"Hey maiden, come to pick,

13Punaposki poimimaan,Red-cheeked one, to gather,

14Valkea valitsemaan,The fair one, to choose,

15Kassa pitkä katkoimaanThe tall basket to fill –

16Ennenkun tikka tikkajaa,Before the woodpecker pecks,

17Musta mato muikkajaa,The black worm wriggles,

18Harakka panee pajussa,The magpie nests in the willow,

19Vares vaakkuu vaahterassa!The raven caws in the maple!"

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.
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.

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