Kasvatti minun emoni
In the SKVR edition: [Toksova]. Europ. J 162. 47.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kasvatti minun emoni,My mother raised,
2Kasvatti kanoja parven,She raised a flock of chickens,
3Suuren joukon joutsenia.A great host of swans.
4Kanat aialle asetti,She set the hens on the fence,
5Joutsenet joelle saatto;Led the swans to the river;
6Tuli haukka, niin hajotti,A hawk came and scattered them,
7Vei yhen Venäen maalle,Took one to the land of Russia,
8Toisen kanto Karjalahan,Carried another to Karelia,
9Yhen Suomehen sorotti.Drove one to Finland.
10Mikä kasvo Karjalassa,What grew in Karelia,
11Siint vasta Kalervo kasvo;From there Kalervo grew;
12Mikä Suomessa sikesi,What was born in Finland,
13Siit sikesi Untamoinen.From that Untamoinen was born.
14Kalervainen kauran kylviKalervo sowed oats
15Untamon tuvan perähän,Behind Untamo's house,
16Untamoll oli uuhi vuonna,Untamo had a ewe lamb,
17Sepä söi Kalervan kauran,It ate Kalervo's oats,
18Kalervall oli kahlekoira,Kalervo had a chained dog,
19Se söi uutin Untamolta.It ate Untamo's sheep.
20Untamo teki tokehet,Untamo made traps,
21Kalervo kalat kokosi.Kalervo gathered fish.
22Untamo äittelevi:Untamo grumbled again:
23Mihin poika pantanehe,Where shall the boy be placed,
24Kuhun surma saatanehe?To what death shall he be sent?
25Vieään poikonen vetehen.Take the boy to the water.
26Män tuo siitte katsomahanHe went to check there
27Kahen, kolmen yön perästä.After two, three nights.
28Ei poika vetehen kuole,The boy didn’t drown,
29Poika istuvi veessä,The boy sat in the water,
30Vapa vaskinen käessä,A copper rod in hand,
31Siima silkkinen perässä,A silk line behind,
32Onkivi meren kaloja,He fished the sea’s fish,
33Arvelevi ahvenia,Counted the perch,
34Mittavi merestä vettä:Measured the sea’s water:
35Melkein on meressä vettä,There's a fair bit of water in the sea,
36Kuin on 2 kauhallista,As a scoop’s worth,
37Kuin ois oikein mitata,If one were to measure rightly,
38Osa kolmatta tulisi.A third part would come.
39Untamo äittelevi:Untamo grumbled again:
40Mihin poika pantanehe,Where shall the boy be placed,
41Kuhun surma saatanehe?To what death shall he be sent?
42Vieään poikonen tulehen.Take the boy to the fire.
43Män tuo siitte katsomahanHe went to check there
44Kahen, kolmen yön perästä:After two, three nights:
45Ei poika tulehen kuole,The boy didn’t burn,
46Poika istuvi tulessa,The boy sat in the fire,
47Hiilikoukkunen kä'essäA charcoal hook in hand,
48Kypeniä kiihottavi.Stirring the embers.
49Untamo äittelevi:Untamo grumbled again:
50Mihin poika pantanehe?Where place the boy?
51Seppälähän paimeneksi.To the smithy as a shepherd.
52Tuo selvä sepän emäntä,The smith’s brisk wife,
53Tuo leipo kivestä leivän,Baked bread from stone,
54Teki kaakun kalliosta,Made a cake from rock,
55Pani paimenen evääksi.Gave it to the shepherd as food.
56Paimen katso päivän päälle:The shepherd looked at the sun:
57Aik' ois syöä armottoman,It would be time for the unloved one to eat,
58Isottoman illastaia.For the fatherless one to have supper.
59Veti veitsensä tupesta,He drew his knife from its sheath,
60Veti veitsensä kivehen,Struck it against a stone,
61Karahutti kalliohon:Clanged it on the rock:
62"Voi sie huora horpanattu,"Ah, you sluggish whore,
63Kuin leivoit kivestä leivän,How you baked bread from stone,
64Teit sie kaakun kalliosta,Made a cake from rock,
65Panit paimenen evääksi!Gave it to the shepherd!
66Jos mie itken veitsiäini,If I weep for my knife,
67Itket kyyttä lehmäistäisi,You will weep for your cow Kyyttö,
68Teen mie luikun kyytän luista,I'll make a horn from Kyyttö's bones,
69Pillin pienikin jaloista.A pipe from Pienikki's legs."
English translations by DeepSeek R1, provided by Lidia Pivovarova (University of Helsinki). AI-generated translations may contain inaccuracies. RunoVerse revised some lines of this English with AI language models; the models checked every line against dictionaries and other versions of the same song.
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.
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-016778 · Read at SKS ↗
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