Mänin metsään mie kesällä
In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Pien Suojela. Pajula 224. 94. Tatiaana Larivonova, 45 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Mänin metsään mie kesällä,I went to the forest in summer,
2Löysin neitosen lehosta,I found a maiden in the grove,
3Koppakengän koivikosta.A clog-shoe from the birch grove.
4Lähet sä neitonen vellollein,Will you go, maiden, to your brother-in-law,
5Morsiammeksi molotsall'?As a bride to the wedding feast?
6Neiti itki illitteli,The maiden wept and wailed,
7Pitkin rannan pillitteli:She whimpered along the shore:
8Miss' lie, kuss lie miun ommain?Where is, where is my own?
9Mie lähen kotihin kohta,I’ll go home soon,
10Meill' on soriat sotkurannat,We have fair duck-shore meadows,
11Kaunihit kalavetoset,Beautiful fish-netting places,
12Sotkurannat soikottelinI wandered the duck shores,
13Sekä virsi virran reunat.And the hymn’s riverbanks.
14Mie etsin emon kotiin.I sought my mother’s home.
15En löytänt emon kotiin,I did not find my mother’s home,
16Mie löysin sulhon suostuvaisen.I found a willing groom.
17La mie viel' vähäsen laulan,Let me sing a little more,
18Pikkaraisen pillittelen.I chirp a tiny lament.
19Ihme ihme, kumma kumma,Wonder, wonder, strange, strange,
20Mie se huu'an niinkuin hukka,I howl like a wolf,
21Laulan niinkuin lapsenlikka.I sing like a foster child.
22Susi juoksi suota myöten,The wolf ran along the swamp,
23Karhu kopristi jälest'.The bear tramped behind.
24Mie kun sotkin suota myöten,As I muddied through the swamp,
25Juoksin pakohon petoista,I fled from the beasts,
26Suvet ulvoit suon perill',Summers howled at the swamp’s end,
27Karhut kaljuit kankahall';Bears roared on the heath;
28Ei suvet sotaa ulvoSummers don’t howl war,
29Miun katalan kauppojain,For my wretched trades,
30Osaa miun onnettoman.Knows my misfortune.
31Osakkai' en onni valvo,Fortune does not watch over me,
32Miun on vaivaisen makais.Mine is to lie in misery.
33Makajaisin, ei nukuta,I’d lie down, but sleep won’t come,
34Tai joisin, ei janota.Or drink, but thirst won’t come.
35Muut kuin nukkuit, mie makasin,Others slept, I lay,
36Uni petti, vuue voitti,Sleep betrayed, pain conquered,
37Petti pehmyt peänalainen,The soft pillow betrayed,
38Nuori sulhanen nukutti,The young groom lulled,
39Ei petä miun emoin.My mother does not betray.
40Olin nokka nuorempana,I was sharp-tongued when young,
41Kokka kolmen vuotisena,A three-year-old hen,
42Keträsin kesäiset yötkin,I spun through summer nights,
43Syksylliset yösyämmet,Autumn midnights,
44Pyysin kurja kunniasta,I, poor one, begged for honor,
45Kalkki kaunista nimii.All the fair names.
46Soant en kurja kunniasta,I received no honor, poor one,
47Kalkki kaunista nimii,All the fair names,
48Sen sain kurja kunniaks,I got wretched honor,
49Kalkki kauniiksi nimeks:All as a fair name:
50Pahan mielen, paksut huulet,A foul temper, thick lips,
51Suuren syntisen syämmen.A great sinner’s heart.
52Tuota toivoin tuon ijäin,That I hoped for eternally,
53Tuon ijäin, tuon aijain:Eternally, always:
54Kun Jumala jouttaisiThat God would send
55Kolmen veljeksen kotiinThree brothers home
56Vanhemmalle veljeksell'.To the eldest brother.
57Kuin käsen kälyn hyvästi,If I bid my kin farewell,
58Käsen ku kätösiäin,Bid my siblings goodbye,
59Olottelen olkapäitä.I await their shoulders.
60Kuin käsen kälyn pahasti,If I bid my kin ill,
61Niin käsen omat kätöset.Then I bid my own hands.
62Mie kuin piirsin Pietariss'As I drew in Petersburg,
63Sekä liikuin linnan tietä,And walked the castle road,
64Nartsin Narvan pientarill',I strolled Narva’s courtyard,
65Lippu linnasta näkyypi.The castle’s flag is seen.
66Vieläk' laulan, vain on kyll'?Still I sing—is it enough?
67La mie viel' vähäsen laulan,Let me sing a little more,
68Pikkaraisen pillittelen,I chirp a tiny lament,
69Laulan tammen tanhualle,I sing to the oak’s base,
70Tammelle tasaiset oksat,The oak with even branches,
71Joka oksalle omena,Each branch bears an apple,
72Omenalle kultapyörä,The apple a golden wheel,
73Kultapyörälle käkönen.The wheel a cuckoo.
74La mie viel' vähäsen laulan,Let me sing a little more,
75La mie laulan tähän taloon,I sing to this house,
76Tähän täyttä tarvitaan,Here fulfillment is needed:
77Isännälle mieliminiä,For the master, heart’s desires,
78Emännälle verkaturkki,For the mistress, a net-fur coat,
79Tyttärell' soria sulho.For the daughter, a fine groom.
80Meill' on sorjat sotkurannat,We have comely duck shores,
81Kaunihit kalavetoset.Beautiful fish-netting places.
82Mänin sorja sotkullein,I went to the fair ducks,
83Potra poukkureisullein,Bold with sturdy legs,
84Loin ma sulhon selkähäin,I carried the groom on my back,
85Loin tukist' selkähäin,Carried him by the hair on my back,
86Suolle sotkuportahiks,To the swamp as duck-steps,
87Pellolle peräkiveks.To the field as a boundary stone.
88Heitin sulhon suon peräll'.I threw the groom at the swamp’s end.
89Sotkin koiton kostollii,I muddied the dowry’s revenge,
90Parin helmustin hametta,A couple of beaded skirts,
91Parin paitoja varustin,A couple of shirts I readied,
92Sotkin koiton kostollii,I muddied the dowry’s revenge,
93Olijamiin mennäksein.To go to the oils.
94Appi aisalla tavoitti,Father-in-law caught me with a shaft,
95Anoppi avvaimilla,Mother-in-law with keys,
96Oma sulho ohjaksill'.My groom with reins.
97Tulin itkiin mä kottiin,I came crying home,
98Kallotellen kartanoon.Lamenting to the manor.
99Iso vasten vastajeel:The master met me with a retort:
100"Mitäs itket, piikuein?""Why do you cry, little maid?"
101"Sitä itken mie poloin,"That I cry on my knees,"
102Appi aisalla tavoitti,Father-in-law caught me with a shaft,
103Anoppi avvaimilla,Mother-in-law with keys,
104Oma sulho ohjaksill',"My own groom with reins,"
105Kyty kyntyrahkehill'.""Kyty with plow shares."
106Mänin soille sotkullein,"I went to the swamps with my ducks,"
107Leviöille letkuillein,"To the spread-outs with my hoses,"
108Toin mie sulhon suolta pois,"I brought the groom from the swamp,"
109Loin tukist' selkähäin."Placed him on my back by the nape,"
110Toin mie sulhosen kotiin,"I brought the groom home,"
111Voisin voita leivän peäll':"I could butter the bread on top:"
112"Syö tuota levätessäis,"Eat that while resting,"
113Hauki tuota harmissais!""Pike that in your anger!"
114Sulho suuttu ja vihastu,"The groom got angry and enraged,"
115Hän vaan ruokki ruosan kanssa,"He only fed [me] with a whip,"
116Pitkäll' vitsalla virutti."Whipped with a long switch."
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.
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