Läksin käymään mie kottiin

SKVR V1 741·Vuole·1894·Collector: Pajula, Fanny M.

In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Putkela. Pajula 229. 94. Mari Savinen, 56 v.

Song types: Ei ole minulla niin kuin muilla isoa, emoa, Kun minun emoni, isoni eläisi, Mehiläinen maasta nousi, ei nouse iso, Oljamissa käynti

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1Läksin käymään mie kottiin,I set off to go home,

2Apelt' mie anoin hevoista,From father-in-law I asked for a horse,

3Anopilt' tuomisii,From mother-in-law, offerings,

4Ky'ylt' mie kysyn rekkee,From the village I sought a sledge,

5Anopilt' avvaimii,From mother-in-law, keys,

6Omaltain itsiäin.From my own self.

7Appi aisall' tavoitti,Father-in-law caught [me] with a cart-pole,

8Anoppi avvaimilla,Mother-in-law with keys,

9Oma puoli ohjaksilla.My own spouse with reins.

10Läksin itkiin mie kottiin,I left weeping homeward,

11Kallotellen kartanolle,Stumbling to the farmstead,

12Vesitielle vierettelin.Rolled onto the watery path.

13Panin rei'ein mie rieksi,I set holes as reins,

14Perräin mie peräpajuks,Took a willow for the rear,

15Sormet suorat ohjaksiks;Fingers straight as reins;

16Mänin käymään mie kottiin.I went onward toward home.

17Tuoll' kukkuit kuusen latvat,There sang the spruce tops,

18Lauloit lakkapäät petäjät:The bare-headed pines chanted:

19"Ei oo teäll' siun kottiis!""No home awaits you here!"

20En mie tuotain totellut,I did not heed that,

21Mänin vellon kartanolle.To brother-in-law's farm I went.

22Tuil miun tyttö vastahain.My girl came to oppose me,

23Se oil vellon vanhin tyttö:It was brother-in-law's eldest girl:

24"Elä mee, täti, tuppaan,"Don't enter, aunt, the chamber,

25Ennenk' muut murusen syövät,Before others eat the crumbs,

26Kohteloisen kollottaat!"The courteous one will starve!"

27Mie vaan tungehen tuppaanYet I pushed into the chamber,

28Oven suuhun orren alle,To the door's mouth under the beam,

29Perrään penkin alle.Beneath the bench's end.

30Vello sano naiselleese:Brother-in-law told his wife:

31"Tuo sisolle oltta juua!""Bring ale for sister-in-law!"

32"Ei vaan synny oltta tuua,"No ale can be brought,

33Hiiva on alla, voahti peällä,Yeast below, foam atop,

34Olut on keskell' punainen."The beer is red in the middle."

35"Tie sisolle talkkunaista!""Serve her barley mash!"

36"Ei vaan synny talkkunainen,"No mash can be made,

37Ves' on jeässä, jauhot kylmät."Water's ice, flour is cold."

38"Puhkase muna pattaan,"Crack an egg in the pot,

39Koa'a sie maito kattilaan!"Boil milk in the kettle!"

40"Puhkee ei muna pattaan,"No egg cracks in the pot,

41Koa'u ei maito kattilaan."No milk boils in the kettle."

42Mie vaan itkien kottiin,I returned home weeping,

43Kaivotiellä kallottelin,Stumbling on the well-road,

44Vesitiellä vierettelin:Rolling on the water-path:

45Ku eläis oma emmoinIf my own mother lived,

46Voikupit kulettais,She'd send butter tubs,

47Kalalau'at kanteliis.Bear fish boxes for me.

48Ei oo miulla ensinkään,I have nothing at all,

49Ei oo miulla kurjasella,I, the wretched one, have none,

50Ei katalan päiväselläOn this accursed day,

51Voikupin kulettajaista,No butter-tub bearer,

52Kalalau'an kantajaistaNo fish-box carrier,

53Niinkuin muilla ihmisillä.As other people do.

54Männööt käymään kottiin,Let them go home,

55Voikupit kuletteloot,Let them carry butter tubs,

56Kalalau'at kanteloot;Bear fish boxes;

57Miul' on vaan emo vieras,I have a foreign mother,

58Ei ole oma emmoin.Not my own mother.

59Maurujaiset moanalaiset,The hill-dwelling ants,

60Muurahaiset mullan altaAnts beneath the earth,

61Lapsiansa laitteloot,Tend their children,

62Laitteloot, naitteloot,Arrange, marry them –

63Vaan ei tule miun emmoinBut my mother won't come

64Lastajansa laittamaan;To tend her own brood;

65Kaikk' on vieraat ventolaisetAll are foreign guests,

66Laittamassa, naittamassa.Arranging, marrying.

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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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-017228 · Read at SKS ↗

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