Eivät kasva kaikki lapset
In the SKVR edition: Medussi, Desjatskaja. O. Groundstroem. n. 25. 1861. Andrei Ivanov.
SKVR textEnglish
1Eivät kasva kaikki lapset,Not all children grow,
2Kaik karpalot yleneAll lingonberries do not thrive,
3Kuin mie kanain kasvoin,As I grew among hens,
4Kuin mie roiskalle kasvoin,As I grew in squalor,
5Vesa kasvoi kannon päässä.A sapling grew on a stump's crown.
6Niin isot miun itsek peittitThus the elders abandoned me,
7Kuin jättää jänö pojan.Like a hare leaves its young,
8Jänö heitti kolme yöisin,The hare abandoned three at night,
9Miun isoin yksin öisin,My eldest [abandoned] me alone at night,
10Heitti kiuruksi kivelle,Threw [me] as a lark onto a stone,
11Rastahaksi rauniolle.As a thrush to ruins.
12Ei ole armon antajaista,There are no mercy-givers,
13Sana herku heittäjäistä.No word-treats from abandoners.
14Tuuti tuuloi, antoi armon,The wind lulled, granted mercy,
15Nousi päivä, pään siloittiThe sun rose, smoothed the head
16Pojalta emottomalta,Of the motherless boy,
17Armon antamattomalta.The mercy-deprived.
18Nousi päivä, pään siloittiThe sun rose, smoothed the head
19Pojalta emottomalta.Of the motherless boy.
20Kerkisit kesoiset päivät,The summer-like days passed,
21Kyntävät kyläiset miehet,Village men plowed,
22Vakoavat vallan miehetPowerful men harrowed,
23Ison ikkunan aloa,By the big window's field,
24Velloiseni vierysiä.My companions, the neighbors.
25Itse katsoin ikkunasta:I myself watched from the window:
26Ojapuu orosta kerkkoi,A ditch-post sprouted barley,
27Sarvikko saran nenästä.Antlers from the hinge's snout.
28Menin pieni kyntämähän,I went small to plow,
29Vakainen vakoamaanSteady to harrow,
30Uuven atran askaliksi,As part of the new plow,
31Vanhan astuvan varoiksi,As replacement for the old stepper.
32Taittui yksi kynty vitsa,One plow switch snapped,
33Taittui yksi, taittui toinen,One snapped, another snapped,
34Taitoin kohta kolmanenki,I soon shaped a third,
35Heitin valkoa vaolle,I hitched the white to the trace,
36Musta ruuna mullikkolle,The black gelding to new soil.
37Itse vielkin vitsikkoon,I myself still in the switches,
38Leikkasin lepästä vitsan,Cut a switch from alder,
39Toisen vitsan tuomikkosta,Another from bird cherry,
40Kolmannen katajikkosta.A third from juniper grove.
41Tuli suntamo susii,A wolf pack came,
42Kanta karhuja pahoi.A troop of evil bears.
43Mie itken kotiin,I cried homeward,
44Tyrskän emon tyveen.To the splashing mother's lap.
45Emo aitast tuloo:Mother comes from the barn:
46"Mitä itket, poikueni?"
47"Sitä itken mun emoni,"I cry, mother,
48Tuli suntamo susii,A wolf pack came,
49Kanta karhui pahoi."A troop of evil bears."
50"Älä huoli, poikueni,"Don't worry, my son,
51Isos osti oroisen,Father bought a steed,
52Vakka vanhoi rahoi.A bushel of old coins."
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Loppua hän ei oikein sanonut muistavansa. Siitä puuttuu vielä jotakin [ruots.].
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies. Lines without English have no translation, or one that cannot be matched to the line with certainty.
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-013040 · Read at SKS ↗
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