Morsian mäellä itki

SKVR III1 840·Narvusi·1881·Collector: Porkka, Volmari

In the SKVR edition: Narvusi, Pärspää. Volmari Porkka. II 248. 1881-83. Vapoi.

SKVR textEnglish

1Morsian mäellä itki,The bride cried on the hill,

2Heläytti heinämailla,Resounded in the hayfields,

3Kajahutti kaivotiellä.Shouted on the well path.

4Puuttu emo kuulemaa:The mother asked, hearing:

5"Mitä itet tyttäreni,"Why do you cry, my daughter,

6Vai itet puna panemin,Or cry for dyeing red,

7Vai itet Suomen sormuksii,Or for Finnish rings,

8Vai Narvan nassikkoa,Or Narva’s necklace,

9Vai linnan lintuloja?"Or the castle’s caged birds?"

10"En ite miun emonni,"I don’t cry, my mother,

11En ite puna paneminNot for dyeing red,

12Enkä Suomen sormuksii,Nor for Finnish rings,

13Enkä Narvan nassikkoa,Nor Narva’s necklace,

14Enkä linnan lintuloja."Nor the castle’s birds."

15Puuttu minja kuulemaa,The daughter-in-law asked, hearing,

16Minja tarkka tietämää.The daughter-in-law, keen to know.

17Minja vaite vastaeli:The daughter-in-law answered:

18"Vai on kurja kumppeliis,"Is your companion wretched,

19Valju vaippasi alaine;Your coarse cloak beneath;

20Vaa on äijäsi kurja,Or is your husband wretched,

21Vaa on ämmäsi paha?"Or your mother-in-law cruel?"

22Morsian vaite vastaeli:The bride answered:

23"Ei oo miulla äijä kurja,"I have no wretched husband,

24Eikä oo miulla ämmä paha;Nor a cruel mother-in-law;

25Miulla on kurja kumppelini,My wretched companion,

26Valju vaippani alaine,My coarse cloak beneath,

27Kylin syöpi, selin makajaa,Eats cold, lies on their back,

28Kylin antaa kynnysvartta."Gives cold threshold staff."

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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.