Mänin kirkkohon kesällä

SKVR IV1 303·Hietamäki·1848·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Nuolij. - Liissilä]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 2. 202. 1848.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mänin kirkkohon kesälläI went to the church in summer

2Heliällä heinajalla,At Heliä during haymaking time,

3Mänin kirkon uksen luokse;I went to the church door;

4Viel ol kiini kirkon ukset,Still were the church doors shut,

5Ikkunat ikilukossa.Windows in eternal locks.

6Mänin emoin hauan päälle,I went to my mother's grave,

7Istuin tuossa, itkin tuossa,Sat there, wept there,

8Kuuntelin emoni ääntä,Listened for my mother's voice,

9Valitusta vanhempani.The lament of my parent.

10Emo kirstussa kilahtiMother clinked in her coffin,

11Sekä hauasta havaitsi.And perceived from the grave.

12Emoin miult kyselemähän:My mother asked me:

13Mitäs itket, tyttöseni,Why weep you, my daughter,

14Mitäs valkonen valitat.Why do you, fair one, lament?

15Miä vasten vastaelinI answered in turn,

16Sekä vastustin kovasti:And resisted fiercely:

17Kuin veikko pahoin pitääpi.As brother treats me cruelly.

18La mie laulan vielä virren!Yet I'll sing a hymn again!

19Miks ei miulla niinkuin muilla,Why don't I, like others,

20Ei oo miulla kurjasella,I, the wretched, have none,

21Ei oo kurjalla tytölläThe poor girl has nothing,

22Niinkuin muilla tyttölöillä,Like other girls,

23Niinkuin muill kotikanoillaLike household hens,

24Tällä ilmalla emoa,In this world, a mother,

25Ei oo kurjalla tytölläThe poor girl has nothing,

26Niinkuin muilla tyttölöillä,Like other girls,

27Tuoll on kauppias kaulla,There's a merchant at market,

28Muien äitit eellimäissäOthers' mothers ahead,

29Ostamassa riepuloita,Buying fabric scraps,

30Ostaat siivon silkkirievun,Purchasing neat silk ribbons,

31Kopiammat korvarievut.Finer braided ribbons.

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

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