Ei miun laulamaan pitäis

SKVR V1 721·Lempaala·1917·Collector: Räikkönen, Eino

In the SKVR edition: Lemp. Mustila. Räikk. 622. 17. Aune Kähäri, 67 v.

SKVR textEnglish

1Ei miun laulamaan pitäis,I should not have to sing,

2Ei iloita ielimäiseks.Nor rejoice as a living being.

3Itkuist on miun illoin,My evenings are made of tears,

4Surulliset suusannain,Sorrowful are my spoken words,

5Virret on vejen sekaiset.My chants are mixed with water's turmoil.

6Ei uo iltaa, kun en itke,No evening arrives unless I cry,

7Ei uo kuuta, kun en kujerra:No moon rises unless I sing:

8Illat itken ikkunoissa,Evenings I weep at the windows,

9Uamut aijan seipähissä,Mornings I linger by fence posts,

10Viikkoset veräjän suussa,Weekdays I wait at the gate,

11Puolipäivät porstuvassa,Half-days on the porch,

12Keskipäivät kellerissä.Mid-days in the cellar.

13Tuolla näkkyy miun kottiin,There, my home comes into view,

14Kujan katto kuumottaapi.The lane's roof glows warmly,

15Emon sauna lämpijääpi.Mother's sauna is heating.

16Mänen itkien kottiini,I go weeping to my home,

17Kallotellen kartanolle.Staggering to the farmyard.

18Mänin ison pellon piähän.I went to the big field's edge.

19Tuos nuo kukkuit kuusen latvat,There, the spruce tops bloomed,

20Lauloit lakkapiät petäjät:The lopped pines sang:

21"Ei uo tiällä siun kottiis."No home comes to you here.

22Tiäl on syntymäsiijais!"Here lies your birthplace!"

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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