La mie katson äänöjäin

SKVR IV1 990·Moloskovitsa·1859·Collector: Törneroos ja Tallqvist

In the SKVR edition: [Moloskovitsa - Tyrö]. Törneroos ja Tallqvist. n. 60 a. 1859. Toisinto.

Song types: En ilolla laula, Huorat huuhtoi huntujaan, Kaikk on huolet huostassani, isän, emon, Kanna korppi kaihoani, Syksyllä, kesällä syntynyt, Ääni - pieni, vieno, sortunut

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1La mie katson äänöjäin,Lo, I gaze at the voices,

2Äänöjäin pienojain,Of the small voices,

3Henkojain hienojain,The delicate spirits,

4Onkos äänö entyseksi,Has my voice become old,

5Kieli menneksi kesoksi,My tongue a bygone summer,

6Kulkku-torvi tuonoseksi!The horn cast to Tuoni's realm!

7Äijä on ääntäni alenut,The old man has diminished my voice,

8Paljon mieltäni pahenut,Greatly troubled my mind,

9Ään' on pieno, henk' on hieno,My voice is small, my spirit frail,

10Marjalla sy'än matala.Marjalla's heart lies low.

11Sill' on miulla ääni pieno,Thus my voice is small,

12Ääni pieno, henki hieno:A small voice, a frail spirit:

13Miks' on kannettu kesoilla,Why was it borne on the meadows,

14Pieno penkiltä pu'onut,The small one fallen from the bench,

15Lassa maahan lankenutTo the earth in the shed?

16Sill' on miulla ääni pieno,Thus my voice is small,

17Ääni pieno, henki hieno,A small voice, a frail spirit,

18Marjalle syän matala:Marjalla's heart lies low:

19Join kurja joesta vettä,I, wretched, drank river-water,

20Lakuin vettä lainehesta,Lapped water from the waves,

21Tuo oil huoran huntu-vettä;That was the whore's veil-water;

22Pahalainen paita-vettä;The fiend's shirt-water;

23Huora huhto huntujaan,The whore shook her veils,

24Pahalainen paitojaan,The fiend her shirts,

25Ripa-jalka räpäkköijääsen,The splay-footed fluttered,

26Se sorsi äänen sorjan,It spoiled the fair voice,

27Äänen kaunoisen kaotti.Ruined the lovely voice.

28La mie laulan suu suruinen,Lo, I sing with a mournful mouth,

29Kehun kieli huolellinenMy tongue chants with care,

30Surulisen suuta myöten,Along the sorrowful mouth's way,

31Huolikkaan syöntä myöten!By the worried one's sustenance!

32Miull on viien veikon huolet,I bear five brothers' woes,

33Seitsemän sisaren huolet,Seven sisters' sorrows,

34Isä-huolet, äiti huolet,Father's grief, mother's grief,

35Päällä huoleni ommain.Upon my own worries.

36Kanna korppi huoliain,Let the raven bear my cares,

37Musta lintu murhettain! j. n. e.Black bird, take my pains! etc.

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.

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Text: SKVR (Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot), the digital edition of the Finnish Literature Society (SKS), licensed under CC BY 4.0.

Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-012659 · Read at SKS ↗

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