Piennä petti miun emmooin
In the SKVR edition: Tyrö, Kangas. P. Putkonen. n. 7. 1893. Ieva.
SKVR textEnglish
1Piennä petti miun emmooin,As a child, my mother deceived me,
2Valehteli vanhempaain,Lied to my elders,
3Sanoi kuuks kuolevaan,Said I'd die in a month,
4Kaheks kuuks katonevvaan;For two months I'd vanish;
5Ei hä kuuks kuollutkaa,She didn't die in a month,
6Kaheks kuuks kaontkaa;Nor vanish in two;
7Kuoli kuuks päiväkseen,She died on her destined day,
8Katois kaikeeks ijäks.Vanished for all eternity.
9Heitti kiuruksi kivoile,Turned into a lark on stones,
10Rastahaksi rauniolle,A thrush to ruins,
11Jätti ku jänöi pojjaan,Left like hare's young,
12Jänöi jätti juoksemaa,Hares left to run,
13Miun emmooin kätkyvee.My mother to her grave.
14Niin uon miä emoin isolI'm as big as my mother,
15Ku lintu lihan isol,As a bird is big for meat,
16Harakka veren halul,A magpie craving blood,
17Korppi lujjen korjaheel.A raven gathering bones.
18Niin uon miä emoin vajjaalI'm as lacking as my mother,
19Ku kana kalan vajjaal.As a hen lacks fish.
20Ku ois miul sirkun siivet,If I had sparrow wings,
21Ku ois miul sääsen sääret,Mosquito legs,
22Lentäisin lekoittelisin,I'd fly hovering,
23Luulisin emoin tulevan,Believe mother's returning,
24Virssan vastaa mänisin,Go answer the song,
25Toisen virssan toirottaisin.Repeat another verse.
26Etähääl on miun emmooin,My mother is far away,
27Kavas matkan kantajaain;Distant journey's bearer;
28Kivoi kylmä päänallaain,Cold stones on her head,
29Nurmi kaunoi katteheen.Fine grass as covering.
30Ku miun syntyyis sylleein,If I were born to embrace,
31Vääntyyis vähä käkkeein,Twist like cuckoos,
32Käsin mullat kääntelisin,With hands I'd turn soil,
33Sormin poimisin somerotWith fingers pick pebbles
34Päält ehtoisen emmooin,From my deceased mother's head,
35Päält kaunoi kantajaain.From the fair bearer's head.
36Mänin kirkkoo kesäl,I went to church in summer,
37Siit haassoin havvan kans,There I took the grave's side,
38Riitelin miä ristin kans.Quarreled with the cross.
39Emoi havvaast havaits:Mother noticed from grave:
40"Elä itke, tyttäreein,"Don't cry, my daughter,
41Maanalaine marjuveein!"Underground berry-water!"
42Piennä ku heitti miun emmooin,When young, my mother left me,
43Varahaan vanhempaain,Early left my parents,
44Miul on tuuli turvanaain,Wind is my support,
45Ahavaain armonaain:Cold wind as mercy:
46Mist on tuuli, sielt on turva,Where wind comes, there's safety,
47Mist ahhaava, sielt i armo;Where cold wind, there's grace;
48Päivä ku nous, ni pään silitti,When sun rose, stroked my head,
49Kuu kassaain tikutti.Moon poked with its gaze.
Terentilästä tuotu minjä jatkoi:
50"Elä riko ristijääin,"Don't break baptismal ice,
51Pilaele pienojaain!"Don't ruin the little ones!"
52Mänin mie siit kirkkoisee,I went to the church,
53Istuisin kirkon pengin päähän.Sat at the church bench's head.
54Tuoss' mie istuin, tuoss mie itkin,There I sat, there I cried,
55Kuuntelin emoini ääntä,Listened for mother's voice,
56Valitusta vanhempaini.My parents' lament.
57Muut kuuliit emoini äänen,Others heard my mother's voice,
58Mie en kuullut eisinkää.But I heard nothing.
59Tulin itkien kottii,Came crying home,
60Isoi istui pövvän pääss'.Father sat at table's head.
61Isoi tytöiltä kyseli:Father asked the girls:
62"Mitä itket, tyttöiseein?"
63Mie se vassen vastaelin:I answered him:
64"En kuullut emoini ääntä,"I didn't hear mother's voice,
65Valitusta vanhempaini."My parents' lament."
66Isoi vassen vastaeli:Father answered:
67"Elä itke, tyttöiseein!"Don't cry, my girl!
68Mie tuon siulle paremman."I'll get you a better one."
69Mie se vassen vastaelin:I answered him:
70"Sie vaa tuot tukan repijän,"You'll bring a hair-puller,
71Hienon hiuksen hiertelijän,Fine-hair tormentor,
72Tukat tuulelle jakkaa,Scattering hair to wind,
73Hienot hiukset hiertelöö."Fine hairs chafing."
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies. Lines without English have no translation, or one that cannot be matched to the line with certainty.
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
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