La mie lakattu (?) laulamaan

In the SKVR edition: [Moloskovitsa - Tyrö]. Törneroos ja Tallqvist. n. 25. 1859.

SKVR textEnglish

1La mie lakattu (?) laulamaan,So I was compelled to sing,

2Tulin virttä tuntemaan.I came to know the song.

3En mie huoli yh(d)estäkäänI care not for even one,

4Enkä pelkä parastakaan,Nor fear the greatest either,

5En vallan nauruloista,Not at all for mockeries,

6Ei minnuu kyläinen toitaThe villager does not feed me,

7Eikä valtanen elätä,Nor does the ruler sustain me.

8Miunpa toitti tuomen kukka,Indeed, the bird cherry’s blossom fed me,

9Kasvatti katajan marja,Raised me with juniper’s berry,

10Varsin vaapukka elätti,Truly the cloudberry nourished,

11Liian lillukka lihotti.The lingonberry fattened me.

12Ko ois seppänä setäni,If my uncle were a smith,

13Takojana taattoseni,My father as a hammerer,

14Tehettäisin surusta suitset,I’d forge a bridle from sorrow,

15Päitset päivistä pahoista,A halter from wretched days,

16Murehesta mustan ruunan,A black steed from grief,

17Satulan kylän sanoista,A saddle from the village’s words.

18Ajaisin kiiston kirkkosehen,I’d drive the quarrel to church,

19Emoiseni hauan luoksi.To my mother’s grave’s edge.

20Siit mie sanoja sanoisin:Then I’d speak these words:

21Ei ole sitä sissooThere is no such sister,

22Eikä ehtoista emoisen lasta,Nor a twilight child of mother,

23Kell' mie haastaisin haluniTo whom I’d tell my yearnings,

24Sekä virkkaisin viluni.And voice my grievances.

25Menen kesäll' metsosehen,I go to the woods in summer,

26Haastan puille, haastan maille,Speak to trees, speak to lands,

27Haastan haavan lehtosille,Speak to the aspen’s groves,

28Virkan vitsalle viluni.Recite my woes to a branch.

29Suot sulavat, maat valuvat,Swamps melt, lands stream,

30Ei sula miun suruini,But my sorrows won’t melt,

31Ei sula kesä varillakaanNot even summer’s wealth thaws them,

32Eikä heliällä hein-ajalla.Nor warmth at haying time.

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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