Oi sisoin, oi kanain
In the SKVR edition: [Soikkola, Säätinä]. Oskar Groundstroem. n. 228 a. 1861.
SKVR textEnglish
1Oi sisoin, oi kanain,Oh sisters, oh little hens,
2Käit sie ennen metsoisessa?Did you walk before in the capercaillie's woods?
3Käin mie ennen, käin mie eglen,I walked before, I walked earlier,
4Käin mie i tänäki pään.I walked even on this day.
5Mitä sie näit käyvässän?What did you see while walking?
6Näin mie kuusen kukkalatvan,I saw the spruce's blooming crown,
7Hopea petäjälatvan,The pine's silver crown,
8Näin mie koivusen korean,I saw the birch's beauty,
9Näin mie haapasen hallean,I saw the aspen's grayness,
10Näin mie leppäsen leveän.I saw the alder's breadth.
11Niin miulle käki sano:Then the cuckoo said to me:
12En mie jouva läävätöille,I cannot tend to barn chores,
13Läävätöistä läykymästä,Nor manage barn spills,
14Kujatöiltä kulkemasta.Or walk alley duties.
15Menin kylän uulitsalle,I went to the village street,
16Kuulin käön laulavan,I heard the cuckoo singing,
17Sisavaisen sirkattavan.The sister's chirping.
18Mie tyttö pikkarainen,I, a small girl,
19Kesenkasvoinen kanainen,A summer-faced hen,
20Lyhyt liitsa linnukkainen,A short-scarfed little bird,
21Mie tyttö kuuntelinI, the girl, listened
22Kumman kiel on kerkeämpi.To whose tongue is swifter.
23Käön kiel on kerkiämpi,The cuckoo's tongue is swifter,
24Sisavan sanat paremmat.The sister's words are better.
25Niin sanoi miulle emoi:Then my mother said to me:
26"Mist siulle raha tuloo?""From where will you get money?"
27"Mie laulan lagluen,"I sing my song,
28Kujan teitä kulkuen."Walking the alley roads."
29Ehitteli miun emoin,My mother scolded me,
30Ehitteli, kengitteli,Scolded, outfitted me,
31Parenteli, paglotteli,Blamed, cursed me,
32Ansoitteli, asetteli,Set traps, arranged me,
33Laski kylän uulitsalle,Sent me to the village street,
34Toin mie sukkaa sylellä,I brought socks in armfuls,
35Varvasrättiä vakalla,Toe rags on a yoke,
36Luulin kirkkoon menövänI thought I was going to church,
37Herran naisi le ajavan;The Lord's women driving;
38Ei tuo kirkkoon mennytkään,But it didn't go to church,
39Herran naisil ei ajanut;Nor reach the Lord's women;
40Meni vello neion luoksi,Went to brother's maiden,
41Tuli tuulena kotiin,Came home like the wind,
42Ahavanna alla orren,Under the beam's draft,
43Pani paatin patsahasse,Put the boat on its stand,
44Sitoi kokkahan heposen,Tied the horse to the beam,
45Itse tuisahti tupaan,Himself burst into the house,
46Viskais kypärä kannet;Threw the helmet's lids;
47Itse täytyi itkemään.Himself had to weep.
48Vanha akka vaaliani:The old crone, my guardian:
49"Mitäs itket poikueni,"Why weep, my boy,
50Vai oot polkumies pelistä?"Or are you a game-trampled man?"
51"En o polkumies pelistä.""I'm no game-trampled man."
52"Vai oot kääritty kapoista?""Or wrapped in rags?"
53"En o karittu kapoista;"I'm not torn from rags;
54Miks ei meille neiot lähe,Why don't maidens come to us,
55Kaitakämmenet käkene?"Slender-handed ones proceed?"
56Emo vaiten vastael:Mother answered silently:
57"Sill ei meille neiot lähe,"Thus maidens don't come to us,
58Kaitakämmenet käkene,Slender-handed ones proceed,
59Miks on paljo sisoja,Because there are many sisters,
60Paljo paitoja pitää,Many shirts to maintain,
61Enemmän etc. - - -"More etc."
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.
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-007548 · Read at SKS ↗
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