Kasvatti miun emoni

SKVR III1 43·Narvusi·1853·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.193. 1853.

SKVR textEnglish

1Kasvatti miun emoni,My mother raised me,

2Kasvatti kapaloani,Raised me in swaddling bands,

3Kasvatti kanoja paljon,Raised many hens,

4Suuren joukon joutsenia.A great flock of swans.

5Kanat aialle asetti,She set the hens in the pen,

6Kanat laati lakkapuille;Arranged hens on perching poles;

7Miun vait lentohon lähetti,Me she sent silently into flight,

8Pohjapuolelle porotti,Urged me toward the North,

9Pohjan tuulta tuntemahan,To sense the North Wind,

10Itätuulta itkemähän,To weep with the East Wind,

11Kakkotuulta katsomahan.To watch the Southwest Wind.

12Tunnen tuulet, tunnen tyynet,I know the winds, know the calms,

13Tunnen valjut vastarannat,Know the fierce opposing shores,

14En tunne emännän kieltä;I don't know the mistress's tongue;

15Emännäll on kolme kieltä.The mistress has three tongues.

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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.
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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