Kasvatti miun emmoin
In the SKVR edition: Vuole. Saxbäck 481. 59.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kasvatti miun emmoin,My mother(s) raised me,
2Kasvatti tytärtä kuutta,Raised a daughter of six,
3Ku on kahta kaalin päätäLike two heads of cabbage,
4Tai kuutta kanan munaista.Or six chicken eggs.
5Ei tuo pieneksi pilantu,She wasn’t made small in ruin,
6Kaiskeraks ei kasvattantu.Nor raised reed-thin.
7Muut kaik' laitto miehelään,All others were wed off,
8Marian kottiin heitti,Maria was cast into a home,
9Marian vielle laitto.Maria again sent away.
10Maria varastettiin.Maria was stolen.
11Tuotiin sana emolle,Word came to the mother,
12Tieto vahva vanhemmalle:Strong news to the parent:
13Maria varastettiin.Maria was stolen.
14Emolle tuli ikävä,Longing gripped the mother,
15Mäni tuo emo etsimään,The mother went seeking,
16Käi sutena suuret korvet,She roamed vast woods as a wolf,
17Maat mateli mauriaissa,Crawled lands in ant hills,
18Viholaiss' käi vitsikkoiset,Through foes’ willow thickets,
19Kärppänä kämärän juuret,As a stoat, twisted roots,
20Etsimässä piikajaasen.Seeking her dear maid.
21Nousi suurelle mäelle,She climbed a great hill,
22Korkialle kukkulalle:A lofty knoll:
23"Tule pois, mun piikueni!""Come forth, my maiden!"
24Piika pilvestä pimahtiThe maid darted from clouds,
25Ja karahti kaaren alta.Rushed from under the arch.
26Emo huusi huikeasti,The mother cried fiercely,
27Kolme kertaa ja kovasti:Thrice and with force:
28"Tule pois, mun piikueni!""Come forth, my maiden!"
29"En pääse emoisuuein,"I cannot reach you, mother—
30Pilvet päätäin pittäät,Clouds hold my head,
31Hattarat hapeniain."Mists choke my breath."
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.
- 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-017252 · Read at SKS ↗
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