Laulasin mie, tansisin mie

SKVR III1 494·Soikkola·1861·Collector: Groundström, Oskar

In the SKVR edition: [Soikkola, Järvenperä]. Oskar Groundstroem. n. 199 a. 1861.

SKVR textEnglish

1Laulasin mie, tansisin mie,I sang, I danced,

2Vierisin mie, viitsisin mie,I turned, I endured,

3Ko ei olis kumma kuuliille,If it weren't strange to hearers,

4Ime ilman istujille.A marvel for sky-dwellers.

5Sanoot laulavan ilollaYou say I sing with joy,

6Ja riemulla reuhakkavan.And exult with pride.

7En mie ilolla laulaI do not sing with joy,

8Enko riemulla rehokoitse,Nor revel in delight.

9Laulan suruni vähätä,I sing to ease my sorrow,

10Muille mennä muurahani.To crawl like an ant to others.

11Ei miun laulaa pitäisiI should not sing,

12Eik iloitta ensinkänä,Nor ever rejoice.

13Miul on itkuset ilotMy joys are tearful,

14Virteni veen sekaiset.My songs with water blended.

15Ei miun laulaa pitäisiI should not sing,

16Eik ilota kelpajaisi.Nor is joy becoming.

17Ei o ilta ku en itke,No evening when I don't weep,

18Ei o kuuta ku en kuerra.No moon when I don't wail.

19Miul on huolet kolmellaiset:I bear three sorrows:

20Yhet on isoni huolet,First, my father's sorrows,

21Toiset on emoni huolet,Second, my mother's sorrows,

22Kolmannet huolet omani.Third, my own sorrows.

23Yhet on huolet pääni päällä,First weigh on my head,

24Toiset keskipaikallani,Second at my center,

25Kolmannet jalani alle.Third beneath my feet.

26Minkät on huolet pääni päällä,Those upon my head,

27Ne mie peitän pintarella,I veil with a headcloth,

28Minkä keskipaikallani,Those at my core,

29Ne mie vyöllen vyöttime,I bind with a belt,

30Minkä on jalani alla,Those under my feet,

31Ne mie apsan apsakilla,I lace with thongs,

32Kivisille kengillä,With stone-studded shoes,

33Teräksille nagloilla.With steel nails.

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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