Niin miä kotona kasvoin

SKVR IV1 57·Venjoki·1847·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: [Venjoki]. D. E. D. Europaeus. J 417. 1847.

SKVR textEnglish

1Niin miä kotona kasvoinSo I grew up at home,

2Kuin putki palolla kasvo,Like cow parsley on a burnt field grew,

3Kasvoin aivan kaunosesti,I grew up most beautifully,

4Ylenin ylen hyvästi,I thrived exceedingly well,

5Syltä rinnoilta leveä,A fathom wide at the chest,

6Kahta syltä hartehilta,Two fathoms at the shoulders,

7Kolmea perä leviä.Three fathoms wide at the rear.

8Naitiin minä MyyrylähänI was wed to Myyrylä,

9Myyryn pojan puolisoksi.As the wife of Myyry's son.

10Ol paha anoppi vaimo,There was an evil mother-in-law,

11Pani kohta jauhamahan,She set me to grinding at once,

12Anto karpion kätehen.Gave a grain-basket to my hand.

13Minä jauhoin jaarittelin,I ground and fumbled about,

14Peräjäni pyörittelin,Twirled my backside around,

15Kiven puu käkenä kukku,The mill-handle sang like a cuckoo,

16Kiven siili sirkkusena.The mill-axle chirped like a sparrow.

17Tul anoppi katsomahan:The mother-in-law came to look:

18Voi siä kutunen kurva,"Oh you bent little wretch,

19Kuin pilasit kuiveheni,How you ruined my dried grains!

20Jyvä on halki toinen poikki,One grain split, another broken,

21Kolmans on koko jyvänen.The third a whole kernel!"

22Älä toru anoppi vaimo,"Don't scold, mother-in-law woman,

23Kepsahan kivitupahan.Off to the stone hut with you!"

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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