Voi mie lumille luotu
In the SKVR edition: [Moloskovitsa - Tyrö]. Törneroos ja Tallqvist. n. 41. 1859. Toisinto.
SKVR textEnglish
1Voi mie lumille luotu,Woe, me created for the snowy wastes,
2Seinän vierulle visottu,Tossed to the wall's edge,
3Pantu päiville pahoille!Placed onto evil days!
4Älköön luoko luoja toista,May the creator not make another,
5Kolmatta kova osaista,Nor a third hard-fated one,
6Kuin loi luoja miun poloisen,As the creator made me, the wretch,
7Loi miun kurjan kulkemaan,Made me, the miserable, to wander,
8Marjan maita vieremään.To roll through berry lands.
9Kule suota, kule maata.Walk the bogs, walk the lands.
10Ei oo kurjalle kot(t)iiThe wretched have no home,
11Eikä marjalle majaa.Nor the berry a shelter.
12Koivuu oksall on miun kot(t)iin,My home is on a birch branch,
13Katajass' on kartanoin,In juniper, my manor.
14Tuuli usta tutjuttaapi,The knowing wind shakes it,
15Ahavainen häilyttää.The frost-wind sways it.
16Ei tienyt miun emmoni,My mother did not know,
17Syrjin synnytti miun poloisen.Secretly bore me, the wretch.
18Ko ois tietänyt poloinenHad the wretch known
19Näiksi päiviksi tulevain,Of these coming days,
20Paremp' ois hän poloinen,Better would the wretch have
21Tehnyt saunan tervaksista,Built a sauna of tar-wood,
22La'en tervas-lastuloista,A roof of tarred laths,
23Vienyt lapsen lautasille,Taken the child to the planks,
24Tuiskanut saunan tulelle.Whisked to the sauna's fire.
25Sie miun maire mammaiseni,You, my gentle mother,
26Ennen oisit sie poloinenBefore, you, wretch, should have
27Pessyt pellolta kiviä,Washed stones from the field,
28Kapaloillut karttusia,Bundled thistles,
29Sisälieskoja sivellyt,Stroked hearth-stones,
30(Enen) kuin synnytit miun poloisen,Rather than bearing me, the wretch,
31Miun kurjan kulkemaan,Me, the miserable, to wander,
32Marjan maita vierimään,To roll through berry lands,
33Miun huolii huolimaan,To bear my worries,
34Murehetta murehtimaan.To grieve my sorrows.
35Jätit huolet kolmellaiset,You left threefold worries,
36Murheet monen näköiset.Sorrows of many forms.
37Huoli hoikaksi vettää,Worry makes one slender,
38Kaihe kai'aksi tekköö.Grief bends one crooked.
39En oo musta luoneen musta,I'm not black by birth,
40En oo musta miun suk(k)uin,Nor black by my kin,
41Mie oon musta murhettani;I'm black from my sorrow;
42En oo kaita luoneen kaita,I'm not gaunt by birth,
43En oo kaita kantajaini,Nor gaunt by my bearers,
44Mie oon kaita kaihettani;I'm gaunt from my grief;
45En oo hoikka luoneen hoikka,I'm not slender by birth,
46Mie oon hoikka huoliain.I'm slender from worries.
47Nuorna kuoli miun issoin,Young died my father,
48Varain vaipui vanhempaini,Early fell my parents,
49Heitti hän miun poloisen,They abandoned me, wretch,
50Jätti kiuruksi kivolle,Left as a lark on a stone,
51Rastahaksi rauniolle,A thrush on a ruin,
52Jätti huolii huolimaan,Left to bear worries,
53Jätti huolet kolmellaiset,Left threefold worries,
54Murhet monen näköiset:Sorrows of many forms:
55Yhet huolet pääni päälle;First worries on my head;
56Toiset keski paikalleni,Second in my midst;
57Kolmannet jaloini alle.Third under my feet.
58Sie miun ismaro issoin,You, my flawed father,
59Vie sie huolet vet(t)een,Take these worries to water,
60Kaivohon kalattomahan,To a fishless well,
61Jokehen jokittomahan!To a currentless river!
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
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Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-012635 · Read at SKS ↗
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