En mie laulella luvannut

SKVR IV1 856·Kaprio·1859·Collector: Törneroos, A.

In the SKVR edition: [Kaprio-Tyrö?]. A. Törneroos. n. 111. 1859.

SKVR textEnglish

1En mie laulella luvannut,I did not promise to sing,

2En iloita iellä muien,Nor to rejoice ever among others,

3Kun on suuret miun suruiniFor great are my sorrows

4Sekä mustat murheheini.And black are my griefs.

5Kanna korppi huoliaini,Carry, raven, my worries,

6Kanna kaivohen syvään,To the deep well,

7Kaivohon kalattoman!Into the fishless well!

8Kun kannat kalallisehen,If you carry to one with fish,

9Kalat kaikki huolistuvat,All fish will grow troubled,

10Ahvenet alasmenevätThe perches will sink down,

11Miumpa kaian kaihojainiFrom my place of longings,

12Sekä mustan murheittani.And from my black griefs.

13Katson mie muita tyttölöitä,I look at other little girls,

14Muill on mieli kuin metonen,Others have a mind like sweet honey,

15Miepä vierin kun vetonen,But I roll like a water creature,

16Mänin vyötäni vetteen,I went with my belt into the water,

17Tarttu miekka helmahani,The sword grabbed my hilt,

18Mie tuon kannin kaulaheni.I brought the jug to my neck.

19Aloin miekolta kysellä:I began to ask the sword:

20"Joks oot miestä lyönyt,"Why have you struck a man,

21Miestä lyönyt, miestä syönyt?"Struck a man, eaten a man?"

22Miekka vasten vastaeli,The sword answered in reply,

23Varsin vastahen saneli:Truly spoke in answer:

24"En oo miekka miestä lyönyt."I am not a sword that struck a man.

25Mie oon miehen sormiluista."I am from a man's finger-bones."

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 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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