Maijukain miun emoni
In the SKVR edition: Medussi, Ruditsa. O. Groundstroem. n. 11. 1861. Okoi.
SKVR textEnglish
1Maijukain miun emoni,Maijukainen, my mother,
2Kaaijukain oli kantajainenKaaijukainen was the bearer,
3Kuvaisi hän kuus tytärtä,She bore six daughters,
4Viisi vihkiin lähetti,Five she sent to wedlock,
5Kuuvennen hän kotiin heitti.The sixth she kept at home.
6Kunkan heitti, jongan heitti,She rejected suitors, cast off spirits,
7Heitti Maijon tyttärenCast off Maija's daughter,
8Kultiia heitti kuluttamaan,Sent the golden one to be consumed,
9Hopehitta hoitamanhan.The silvered one to be tended.
10Maijo tyttö, Mairo tyttöMaijo girl, Mairo girl,
11Pani kullat kulmille,Placed gold on her brows,
12Hopiaiset silmille,Silvers on her eyes,
13Mäni kaivol ve'elä,Went to the well's water,
14Läpi linnan lähtehellä.Through the castle's spring.
15Sielt Maijo varastettiin,There Maijo was stolen,
16Vesi tieltä temmattiin.Water was snatched from the path.
17Vietiin emolle viesti,A message was brought to the mother,
18Saatii sana isolle,A word sent to the father,
19Että Maijo varastetiin.That Maijo had been stolen.
20Sitte emo kenki jalkoja,Then the mother shod her feet,
21Yhen Maijon kirsson päällä,One shoe on Maijo's baptism site,
22Toisen kenki kynnykselle,The other on the threshold,
23Meni Maijost etsimään.Went to seek Maijo.
24Käi suteen suuret metsät,Walked the wolf's great forests,
25Karhun kamalat korvet,The bear's dreadful groves,
26Jäniksen järven rannat,The hare's lake shores,
27Kärppäin kämmärät juuret,The stoat's tangled roots,
28Pennikkan pellon reunat,The pup's field edges,
29Oravan puien oksat.The squirrel's tree branches.
30Siit nousi suurella kivell,Then she climbed a great stone,
31Korkialle kalliolle.Onto a high cliff.
32Siit huusi kerran Maijoa,There she called for Maijo once,
33Huusi kerran, huusi toisen:Called once, called again:
34"Tye, Maijoini, kotiin!""Come, my Maijo, home!"
35Maijoi vastan vastaeli:Maijo answered in turn:
36"En pääse emohi kotiin,"I cannot return to Mother's home,
37Pilvi päästäni pitää,A cloud holds my head,
38Hattarainen hiuksistani,Mist clings to my hair,
39Pilven poika polvistani.The cloud's son grips my knees.
40Mää sie emoni kotiin,Take me to my mother's home,
41Keitä ohraisist olutta,Brew beer from barley,
42Maku vettä maltaisista,Draw water from malt,
43Anna pilvelle pikari,Give the cloud a goblet,
44Anna tuopi taivoselle,Give a cup to the heavens,
45Pilven pojalle pikari,A goblet to the cloud's son,
46Hattaralle heitä hyvä,Cast goodness to the haze,
47Niin pääsen mie kotiin!"Then I can go home!"
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-013023 · Read at SKS ↗
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