Heitti pieneksi emoni
In the SKVR edition: [Narvusi]. D. E. D. Europæus. Fol. III 3. n.159. 1853.
SKVR textEnglish
1Heitti pieneksi emoni,Cast my mother into smallness,
2Heitti kiuruksi kivelle,Cast as a skylark onto stone,
3Rästähäksi rainiolle.Made a fence-post at the boundary meadow.
4Jänö heitti 3 öiseks,The hare was made nocturnal,
5Miun emoni yksiöiseks.My mother made solitary.
6Kuin miull oliis siskun siivet,If I had sister's wings,
7Siskun siivet, sääsken sääret,Sister's wings, mosquito's legs,
8Leppälinnun lennättimet,The alder bird's flight-tools,
9Toisin tuojani kotihin,I'd bring my escort home,
10Nostsin nuorilla ylös,Lift up with cords,
11Vaskivanttojen varoilla,With copper-banded resources,
12Armojase antamahan,To grant mercies,
13Antais viikoss viiet armot,Would give five mercies weekly,
14Kaksikymmentä kesässä.Twenty in summer.
15Oi sitä vierasta emyttä,Oh that strange mother-in-law,
16Niinkuin maallista matoa:Like an earthly worm:
17Anto viikoss viiet vitsat,Gave five rods weekly,
1820 kesässä.In summer.
19Jo mie vuoen leinaelin,Already I lamented a year,
202 vuotta kaipaelin,Yearned through the year,
21Vesi on tuomatta tuvassa,Water un-brought to house,
22Kantamatta kaivoteillä.Un-carried on well-paths.
23Kysyn kylän vanhemmalta,I ask the village elders,
24Syntyykö vesosta veikko,Will a brother sprout from growth,
25Veso veikko vieretellä?A shoot-brother proliferate?
26Jo mie vuoen leinaelin,Already I lamented a year,
27Kaksi vuotta kaipaelin,Yearned two years,
28Ei tullut tuojani kotihin,My escort didn't come home,
29Armojansa antamahan.To grant their mercies.
30Jo mie vuoven leinaelin,Already I lamented a year,
31Kaksi vuotta kaipaelin,Yearned two years,
32La katson suvista suuta,I watch the family's mouth,
33Kieltä menneen kesäistä,The tongue of past summers,
34Kesät kieli kammitsassa,Summers' tongue in harness,
35Talvet salpojen takana.Winters behind bolts.
36Kepiä on kieli käskijällä,The commander's tongue is rod-like,
37Suu suruinen laulajalla.The singer's mouth sorrowful.
38Eipä tieä yksikään,None knows,
39Ymmärrä yheksänkään,Not nine understand,
40Mi on miulla mielessäni,What's in my mind,
41Ja on syämmelläin.And in my heart.
42Mieli tervata tekee,Mind wants to tar,
43Syän syttä sammuttaa,Heart to quench embers,
44Vakka on syttä vatsassani,A bushel of embers in my belly,
45Vakka on syttä ja varia.Bushel of embers and coals.
46Nuo kaikk pallaat maksoissani,All those flames in my debts,
47Lekkovat syämmelläni,Licking at my heart,
48Palavat tulipärennä.Burning like firebrands.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-007013 · Read at SKS ↗
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