En ois uskonut olisi

SKVR IV1 17·Venjoki·1847·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Venjoki]. D. E. D. Europaeus. J 377. 1847.

SKVR textEnglish

1En ois uskonut olisiI would not have believed it to be

2Emostain eron tulevan,That my mother's parting would come,

3Vaihon tulla vanhemmista.The shift from elders arriving.

4Emo syltä maasyvässä,Mother in the lap of the earth's bosom,

5Kahta arsinaa alennut,Lowered into two resting places,

6Kivi on kova korvan alla,A hard stone under the ear,

7Paas on paksu pään alanen,A slab thick beneath the head,

8Silmillä heliä hiekka.Gritty sand in the eyes.

9Kuin olin ison kotonaWhen I was in father's home,

10Ja elin emon eholla,And lived on mother's grounds,

11Olin kuin oksalla omenaI was like an apple on a branch,

12Tahi maassa mansikkainen;Or a strawberry on the soil;

13Mänin toisehen talohon,I went to another household,

14Olen kuin oksalla oravaI am like a squirrel on a branch,

15Tahi maassa mauriainen.Or an ant on the ground.

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.

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