Emoiseen, ehtoiseen

SKVR IV2 1935·Serepetta·1881·Collector: Porkka, Volmari

In the SKVR edition: Medussi, Ruitsa. Volmari Porkka. I 129. 1881-83. Palaka-nainen Huuralasta.

Song types: Emo, tee parempi paita - mieli muille maille, Hekon runo, Mansikka mäeltä huusi, Runoreki, Viron maat lylyjä täynnä

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1Emoiseen, ehtoiseen,To the mother, to the evening,

2Tie miulle paremp paita,Give me a better garment,

3Lyhykkäin liinoi viittoi,Of short linens signaling,

4Mikä ei kassu kasteneesThat does not dampen with dew,

5Eikä heiniis ryvety!Nor soil in the hay!

6Miull on mieli pois paetaMy mind wishes to flee away,

7Viroin maille viisahille,To Estonia's wise lands,

8Viroin maat mäkkee täynä,Estonia's lands full of hills,

9Mäet täynnä mantsikaist.Hills full of strawberries.

10Mantsikka mäel kaljui,The strawberry called from the hill,

11Puola kaljui kankahaal:Puola shouted on the heath:

12"Tyy, tyttöi, ottamaan,"Come, girls, to gather,

13Ennenkuin ettaana syöpi,Before the worm devours,

14Mato musta muikkajaa,The black worm gnaws,

15Mato musta, maan allain,Black worm under the earth,

16Kirjava kulon allain;Under the speckled ember;

17Valkoipää valitsommaan,White-headed ones to select,

18Punaposki poimomaan!"Rosy-cheeked to pick!"

19Hekkoi tyttöi, hemme tyttöiHekko's girl, gentle girl,

20Etsi emmäähän päätä,Sought her mother's head,

21Karsi päätä kantajaanTrimmed the head for carrying,

22Veitseel hoppeapääl,With a silver-headed knife,

23Kurakseel kultoipääl,With a golden-headed hoe,

24Kahen ikkunan väliill,Between two windows,

25Kahen kannen kulmaiseel.At the corner of two lids.

26Tuo Hekoin emoi mokkoon:Hekko's mother grumbled:

27Hoi miun Hekkoi tyttäreen,"Oh, my Hekko's daughter,

28Hekkoi hellitellyiseen,Hekko's cherished one,

29Määkkä ulkoisin puolin,Bleat outside,

30Ono meille vieras tult,A guest has come to us,

31Onko vieras, tuttu vieras,Is the guest known or unknown,

32Vain on vieras vastamain?Merely a stranger guest?"

33Ku on vieras tuttu vieras,If the guest is known,

34Silkki silloiks levitäk,Spread silk as bridges,

35Paa siä polle portahaaks!Place a plank as a doorstep!

36Ku on vieras vastamain,If the guest is a stranger,

37Paa ristii rissui,Lay planks crosswise,

38Paa pinta poikispuolin!Turn the surface upside down!

39Ku on vieras tuttu vieras,If the guest is known,

40Silkki silloiks levitä!Spread silk as bridges!

41Hekkoi tyttöi, hemme tyttöi,Hekko's girl, gentle girl,

42Hän tuuleen tuppaan,She turned into the wind,

43Savvuna salon sissää:As smoke into the forest:

44"Ei oo vieras tuttu vieras,"The guest is not known,

45Tuo on vieras vastamain."That is a stranger guest."

46Tuo Hekoin emoi mokkoo:Hekko's mother grumbled:

47"Tarttui saani salvomeen,"My trap caught hold,

48Veret vieriit lumellen,Blood flowed onto snow,

49Sanat kaatuit kaltumoille."Words fell into wells."

50Tuost miä sain veren tuntijaaks.From that, I became a blood-knower.

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.

Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-013604 · Read at SKS ↗

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