Mikä lie miusen tehnyt

In the SKVR edition: [Moloskovitsa - Tyrö]. Törneroos ja Tallqvist. n. 9. 1859.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mikä lie miusen tehnyt,What might have made the sorrow,

2Kuka kurjasen kyhännyt?Who has built the wretched one?

3Liekko tetri tielle tehnyt,Could the black grouse have made the path,

4Tetro tielle, matro maalle,Grouse on the path, bedstraw on the land,

5Haukka hankelle muninut,Hawk laid eggs on the snowdrift,

6Vai lie-kiurunen kivolle,Or did the lark [lay] on a stone,

7Vai lie rastas rauniolle?Or the thrush on ruins?

8Mikä loi miun poloisenWhat created me, the wretched one,

9Tälle suurelle surulle,For this great sorrow,

10Mokomalle murhehelle?To such grief?

11Miunpa ehtoinen emmoinMy evening mothers indeed

12Otti, poimi polleheen,Took, gathered to their lap,

13Otti, laitto lapsekseen;Took, placed as their child;

14Luul' tuo turvakseen tulevan,Thought that support would come,

15Vara-päivän valkenevan.The day of need would dawn.

16Ei tuo turva tullukkaan,That support never came,

17Vara-päivä ei valkenukkaan;The day of need never broke;

18Tulpa turva turnuksell',Support didn't come when needed,

19Rikkahalle riihen puija,For the rich, a granary-builder,

20Vellaselle ve'en vetäjä.For the poor, a water-dragger.

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.
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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