Oli miun emosellani

SKVR IV1 384·Hietamäki·1848·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Nuolij. - Liissilä]. D. E. D. Europaeus. III 2. 280. 1848.

SKVR textEnglish

1Oli miun emosellani,My mother had,

2Oli 5 tyttölasta,A daughter-child,

3Miun tek kurjan kuuenneksi,Made me, the wretched one, as a sixth,

45 vihkihin lähettiSent to be consecrated.

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6Heitti puolan poimiaksi,Threw [me] to the field as a picker,

7Vaapukan valitsiaksi,As a chooser of lingonberries,

8Siestarlaisen silpojaksi.As a splitter of garden [plants].

9Poimin puoloja putinan,I picked half-berries into a basket,

10Vain täyen vaapukkoja,Only full of lingonberries,

11Seulan täyen siestarloita.A sieve-full of garden berries.

12Vein marjat emon eholle,I brought berries to mother's yard,

13Emo marjan huulillensa,Mother took the berry to her lips,

14Huuliltansa kielellehen,From her lips to her tongue,

15Kieleltä kitalakehen.From her tongue to her palate.

16Tuosta tyyty, tuosta täyty,Then she was sated, then she was full,

17Tuosta vaipu vuotehelle.Then she sank into bed.

18Tuosta mie nousin noiturille,Then I rose to curse,

19Aloin männä arpojille:Began to go to diviners:

20Noiat sanoit nousevaksi,Sorcerers declared rising,

21Arpojat alenevaksi.Diviners declared descending.

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

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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