Niin miuista niityt itkit
In the SKVR edition: [Kaprio-Tyrö?]. A. Törneroos. n. 159. (365). 1859.
SKVR textEnglish
1Niin miuista niityt itkit,So later the meadows wept,
2Kivet itkit, kannot itkit,Stones wept, stumps wept,
3Puut itkit, petäjät itkit,Trees wept, pines wept,
4Pellon pientaret nureksit,The field’s little spirits sighed,
5Ei itkennyt isä miuista,Father did not weep for me,
6Vettä ei vuua veikon silmät,The brother’s eyes shed no water,
7Sisaren ei sinä ikänään.The sister’s [tears] never in her lifetime.
8Isä itkee poroista,Father weeps for reindeer,
9Veikko vemmeltä punaista,Brother for red adornments,
10Siso silkkiriepuaan.Sister for her silk ribbons.
11En mie uskonut olisiI would not have believed
12Näihin maihin mahtuvain,To belong to these lands,
13Näihin soihin suostuvain,To accept these swamps,
14Rajoihin rakastuvain.To love these boundaries.
15Mihin mahuin mie matala,Where I, lowly, sink,
16Mihin suostun mie sulava,Where I, yielding, submit,
17Kuhun joun juomukkainen,Where I, a wanderer, ended,
18Jouin marja maille muille,I went as a berry to others’ lands,
19Kana muille kallioille,A hen to others’ cliffs,
20Tuomo toisille vesille.A sapling to others’ waters.
21Toisin marja mainitaan,Differently a berry is named,
22Toisin kulta kutsutaan.Differently gold is called.
23Ko olin issäin kotona,When I was at father’s home,
24Isä kutsu kullakseen,Father called me his gold,
25Mamma maire lapsekseen.Mother her gentle child.
26Läksin koista kulkemaan,I left home to wander,
27Veräjiltä vieremään,From the gates I rolled away,
28En ois uskonut olisi,I would not have believed,
29Ilot ois kuusesta kukuttu,Joys were adorned with spruce,
30Katajoista kaljaheltu,Juniper brewed the beer,
31Vaikk ois kuka kuin sanonut,Though someone might say,
32Näitä päiviä näkeväin,Seeing these days,
33Mitä nähneen mie poloinen,What I, poor wretch, have seen,
34Kokenut kovaosainen.Experienced, ill-fated.
35Ko miun emoin eläisi,If my mother lived,
36Maata verkani vetäisi.She’d pull a cloth over the land.
37Katso muita tyttölöi,Look at other girls,
38Mitkä mänit männä vuonaWho left last year,
39Sekä toiset toisna vuona,And others another year,
40Kell ovat emot eloissa,Whose mothers are alive,
41Niill on turvaset tuvassa,They have safety at home,
42Puolen piekit porstuassa.Half-arranged on the porch.
43Ei luvannut miun emoin,My mother did not promise,
44Ei luvanut iäksi kuolla,Did not vow to die forever,
45Lupais kuuksi kuolevasen,Promised a month’s death,
46Kaheksi kaonnevasen,Twofold disappearance,
47Kuoli kuuksi päiväksensä,Died for a month’s day,
48Katois kaikeksi iäksi.Vanished for all time.
49Mänen käymään kotiin,I go home,
50Ei oo miulla niinkuin muilla,I have none like others,
51Männööt käymään kotiin,They go home,
52Kuin emot ehotteloot:As mothers advise:
53Maista meiän maitovettä,Taste our milk-water,
54Tahots meiän taariamme?Want our belongings?
55Verihuora veikon vaimo,Blood-whore, brother’s wife,
56Ilkiä isän miniä.Wicked father’s daughter-in-law.
57Tuotiin meille mieloi minjä,Brought us a mind’s bride,
58Mieloi minjä, kieloi minjä,Mind’s bride, tongue’s bride,
59Veikkoin valittu vaimo,Brothers’ chosen wife,
60Isäin halattu hanho.Father’s desired maiden.
61Pantiin kangas kankahille,Cloth placed on the loom,
62Aivinainen alkehille,Warp on the heddles,
63Lankanen liki lakea;Thread near the beam;
64Ei osajaa meiän minjäOur bride cannot
65Piirran kaietta piellä,Draw without a shuttle,
66Sukkulaist ei suikutella.Slide the shuttles.
67Tuotiin ukko Tuutarista,Brought an old man from Tuutari,
68Ukko suoloi sopotti,The old man salted [advised],
69Siit käy pirta pirskiästi,Then bark splintered briskly,
70Sukkulaine suohkiasti,Shuttle darted swiftly,
71Niiet nousit notkiasti.Threads rose flexibly.
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
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