Nytt mie laulan uuden virren!

SKVR IV2 1696·Tyrö·1856·Collector: Stråhlman, K.

In the SKVR edition: Tyrö. K. Stråhlman. n. 202. 1856.

Song types: Ei ne kasva kaikki lapset - kuin putki puuta vasten, En kurja kukalle päässyt - kesken leikattiin, Jouduin puola purtavaksi, Kenpä luuli sokealle rammalle sortuvani, Kun mie synnyin synnin maalle, Kun ois onni ostannassa, Meri syötti, meri juotti, Ohitseni on onni juossut, Osasi emo omenan tehdä, Syntymistään sureva

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1Nytt mie laulan uuden virren!Now I sing a new song!

2Meroi meit syötti,The seas fed us,

3Meroi syötti, meroi juotti,The seas fed, the seas gave drink,

4Meroi saattoi saappahassa,The seas led [us] in boots,

5Meroi verkaa veteli.The seas pulled the nets.

6Kasvoin kuin kaisla kaislikossa,I grew like a reed in the reeds,

7Rutto ruoko ruoiskossa,A blighted reed in the marsh,

8En kärinnyt - - - -,I could not endure,

9En kurjai kukalle päässyt,I never reached the wretched flower,

10Kesoi heinälle herinnyt,Tamed for hay, awakened,

11Kesän kukka leikattiin,The summer flower was cut,

12Tasa latva laitettiin,The treetop was laid flat,

13Otettiin siit omille maille,Taken from there to our own lands,

14Kopattiin koti rikoille,A home was dug on broken ground,

15Oman vallan valkoi päille.To the white peaks of our own rule.

16En ois uskont olisiI would not have believed

17Mennä vuonna näillä ajolla,To go this year on these journeys,

18Vaik ois kuupist kukuttu,Even if the moon had crowed,

19Sanottu saoista suista,Said from saw-blade mouths,

20Tuhat suista suikaeltuA thousand mouths twisted,

21Huntu päässä huutasainen,A veiled shouter on my head,

22Lakki päässä laulavainen.A singing cap on my head.

23Jouduin puoloi puurtavaksi,I was made to toil half-alive,

24Karpaloi kaluttavaksi.To grind lingonberries.

25Osaisi miun emmoin,If only my mother had known,

26Osais omenan tehdä,To make an apple,

27Tais taimen kasvatella;To raise a trout;

28Ei osant osaista tehdä,She did not know skilled work,

29Taitant ei tainta istutella.Her skill could not plant craft.

30Pan miun paikoille pahoille,She put me in evil places,

31Istutteli ilkehillePlanted me among the wicked,

32Iäksein itkemään,To weep with age,

33Kuuksein kuertamahan.To lament with passing moons.

34Ennen ois miun emmoinBefore, my mother would have

35Tuon tunnin tuloissa ollut,Been there at that hour’s coming,

36Istuin ilmoin valkiassa,I sat in the sky’s whiteness,

37Kuin tuo synnytti minuista,As she birthed me forth,

38Kurjoi lasta synnytteli;Bore the child wretchedly;

39Kuin mie synnyn synti tyttö,As I, a sin-girl by birth,

40Mie se synnyn suntakin.I was born a sinner too.

41Ohitsein on onni juossut,Luck has run past me,

42Sivutsein on siklahtanut.Slipped aside from me.

43Nyt kuin mie onnin näkisin,Now, if I saw luck,

44Elämäin arvajaisin,At life’s divination,

45Ostasin paremman onnen,I’d buy better fortune,

46Pahan onnen pois panisin;Cast off the bad luck;

47Hyvän onnen ottelisen,Take a share of good luck,

48Pois panisin patsahasen.Toss away the stony [fortune].

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.

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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-013365 · Read at SKS ↗

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