La laulan suruisen virren
In the SKVR edition: Medussi. O. Groundstroem. n. 33. 1861. Oude.
SKVR textEnglish
1La laulan suruisen virren,Lo, I sing a sorrowful hymn,
2Surullisen suuta myötä,With a mournful mouth's motion,
3Muurehellisen muka,In a troubled manner,
4Anna ej suru suin sanella,Let not grief with mouths recite,
5Kielo kullin kuikatella.Nor the golden lily warble.
6Oli suuni sammalles,My mouth was to moss,
7Sammalles kultasis,To golden moss,
8Maa ois hopeaisis.Land would be silvery.
9Olis virsii miuul,I would have hymns,
10Jos ej jouva laulamaan,If I couldn't sing,
11Ei saa saanelemaan,Nor manage to lament,
12Olis virsii minulla,I'd have hymns within me,
13Oliis saatu saanoje,Would have obtained words,
14Laitui lausehii,Phrases were fashioned,
15Hos laulan yheksän yötäUntil I sing nine nights
16Yhen paijan panolle,For one shirt's laying,
17Yhen vyöni vyöönell.With my belt's banding.
18Ei kaik kanaiset kasva,Not all hens grow,
19Ei ylene linnukkaisetNor birds ascend,
20Kuin mie kasvelin kanainen,As I grew hen-like,
21Mie ylenin linnukkainen,I rose bird-like,
22Kasvon putkipuuojalle,I grew to elder's side,
23Vesan vahteren vajalleTo maple sapling's shelter.
24Tuli tuulo, antoi turvan,The wind gave shelter,
25Ahavainen antoi armon,The frost-wind granted grace,
26Päivä paistoi, pään siloittiSun shone, smoothed my head,
27Miu pieneltä tytöltä.From me, a small girl.
28Oho tyttöä minua,Alas for me, the girl,
29Lasta eukon onnettonta,Child of hapless crone,
30Jo tyttö jota on nähnyt,The girl who has seen,
31Jo kolme on kokenut,Already endured three,
32Viittä kuutta kiusaellut.Five sixes of torments.
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-013048 · Read at SKS ↗
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