Lauloi yksi, lauloi toinen
In the SKVR edition: Soikkola. J. Länkelä. v. VI 10. 1858.
SKVR textEnglish
1Lauloi yksi, lauloi toinen,One sang, another sang,
2Lauloi kerran keskimäinen;The middle one sang once;
3Jo tuli minulle vuoro,Now came my turn,
4Kuin kylälle kyyttivuoro,Like transport duty to the village,
5Vallalle hevosen vaihto.To the manor, a horse exchange.
6Kylä pääsi kyytillään,The village departed with their transport,
7Valta vilje varsallaan;The manor worked its foal;
8Millä pääsen mie poloinen?How shall I, wretched, depart?
9Vievät lapset laululleni,Children carry my song forth,
10Hullukkaisen huu'olleni;To the fool’s call;
11Minä hullu paljo lauloin,I, the fool, sang much,
12Paljo mieletön pakisin,Spoke much without sense,
13Ei olt hullun kieltäjätä,There was no denier of the fool,
14Matalan masentajata,No oppressor of the lowly,
15Ankaran alentajata.No humiliator of the harsh.
16Kiven all' on kieltäjäni,Under the stone is my denier,
17Maan all' on masentajani,Under earth, my oppressor;
18Kivi on suuri kirstun päällä,A great stone on the coffin,
19Paasi paksu pään alalla,A thick slab at the head,
20Kivi rikko rintaluut,The stone breaks breastbones,
21Paasi paino hartiat.The slab crushes shoulders.
22Kuin miun syntyis syämeni,As if my heart were reborn,
23Vääntyis vähä ramuiniMy limbs twisted slightly,
24Nostasin nuorilla ylös,I’d lift them with ropes up,
25Panisin paasien varalle,Place them on slab supports,
26Maalle saajani majalle,To my receiver’s earth-hut,
27Toisin tuojani kotiin.Bring my bringer home.
28Ei minuu tuojani toruisi,My bringer wouldn’t scold me,
29Maalle saajani manaisi;My receiver wouldn’t curse;
30Nuo toruvaat tolkuttomat,Those senseless scolders,
31Manajavat maan pakanat,Cursing earth-pagans,
32Kiroaavat kelvottomat,Cursing the unworthy,
33Sanoot saunan käymättömät.Calling sauna-shunners.
34Saakaa sanoja-lapset,Take, children of words,
35Verren lapset viertäkösse,Blood’s children, let flow,
36Mille joudun jouto tyttöWhere shall I, idle girl, end up,
37Ja pää'yn päivä tyttö.And reach day’s maiden?
38Jouduin pahalle karille,I landed on an evil reef,
39Pää'yin päiville pahoille.I reached evil days.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-007311 · Read at SKS ↗
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