La mie koettelen eänöstäin

SKVR V2 110·Vuole·1895·Collector: Pajula, Fanny M.

In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Sohvola. Pajula 715. 95. Lukeri Melikova, 38 v.

SKVR textEnglish

1La mie koettelen eänöstäin,Behold, I test my voices/songs,

2Kiusaelen kielostain,I torment with my lily-tongues,

3Onk' miun eänen ennellään,Is my voice as it once was,

4Kieluein ponnellaan,With the strain of my tongues?

5Vain on menneen kesosen,Only last summer's [strength],

6Vain on toisen toukovuuen.Only another sowing-season's [vigor].

7Ei uo eänein ennellääⁿ,The voices are not as before,

8Kieluein ponnellaaⁿ,With the strain of my tongues?

9Ei oo menneen kesosenNot last summer's [power],

10Eik' oo toisen toukovuuen.Nor another sowing-year's [might].

11Äijä on mun eäntän kulunut,Greatly has my voice worn out,

12Paljon on mun varttain valunut,Much has my time flowed away,

13Kyynäreet kuppeistain,Elbows/Tears from my eye-cups,

14Kahen verran kasvojain.Twice the count of faces.

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.

Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.