La mie laula suu surruine
In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Sohvola. Bor. 236. 89. Toavetin Sohvi, 50 v., synt. Matoksen hovissa.
SKVR textEnglish
1La mie laula suu surruine,Let me sing with a sorrowful mouth,
2Keiku kieli huolelline,A tongue swaying with care,
3En sitte enneä laula,I will not sing before then,
4Kuin miut pannoa poariloille,Until I am laid on the beams,
5Turiloille tunketoon,Pressed into the supports,
6Koulull kohotettoa,Raised with a hollow,
7Moa alle makkoamoaUnder the lying earth,
8Nurmi kaunis kattiena,The fair meadow as a covering,
9Silmille heliä hiekka,Shining sand for the eyes,
10Suum peälle muhia multa,Mouldering soil on my mouth,
11Kiv on kova peä alaine.A hard stone beneath the head.
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-017973 · Read at SKS ↗
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