Piennä petti miu emoni

SKVR IV3 3332·Koprina·1907·Collector: Salminen, Väinö

In the SKVR edition: Koprina, Siiverska. Väinö Salminen. n. 1208. 1907.

SKVR textEnglish

1Piennä petti miu emoni,In youth, my mother betrayed me,

2Valehteli vanhempani,My parent lied to me,

3Lupais kuuksi kuolevaasen,Promised me to the moon for the dying,

4Kaheksi katonevaase.To duality for the vanished.

5Kuoli kuuksi päiväkse,The moon died into daylight,

6Katos kaikeks ijäkse.Vanished into endless time.

7Tietäsi emon tuleva,I sensed my mother approaching,

8Virstan vastahe mänisin,I'd walk a virsta toward her,

9Toisen virstan tolmajaisi,Trudge a second virsta through dust,

10Siitki kättä kääppäjäisin,Still I'd reach for her hand,

11Vaik ois kärme käjen pääl,Though a snake coiled on it,

12Siitki suuta suikkajaisin,Still I'd kiss her mouth,

13Vaikk ois suu suen veressä,Though wolf's blood stained it,

14Siitki kaulaa kaappajaisin,Still I'd clasp her neck,

15Vaikk ois karhu kaulan päällä.Though a bear clung to it.

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.

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