Sie' riis, mie riis

SKVR V2 2626·Lempaala·1917·Collector: Räikkönen, Eino

In the SKVR edition: Lempaala, Vaskela. Räikkönen 660. 17. Antrein Oute, inkerikko.

Song type: Riisi

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Riien luku.

1Sie' riis, mie riis,You tear, I tear

2Mie uon riijen rikkojaan.I am the harness-breaker.

3Rivelikkö riijen huoran,The tormented one of the harness's harlot,

4Riien parsii mie ripustan,I hang the harness's mends,

5Ahinlaualla ahistan,On the oppression-board I press,

6Mies riis, nais riis,Man tears, woman tears,

7Sivu riis, selkä riis,Side tears, back tears,

8Koira riis, kissa riis,Dog tears, cat tears,

9Kivi riis, suonj riis,Stone tears, vein tears,

10Napa riis, syvän riis.Navel tears, the deep tears.

11Sinne mie siut lähetän:There I send you:

12Kissan kirjavaa rekkee,On the cat's speckled sled,

13Kukon mustan rattahiil.On the black rooster's wheel-rut,

14Ketariil kaitakengän,With the narrow shoe's gear,

15Uuviskengän uurtehiil,With the new shoe's grooves,

16Sorkiil sota-orosen,With the war-steed's hooves,

17Sotavarsan valjahiil,With the battle-horse's harness-tracks,

18Kuss et kuule kuuna päin,Where you'll hear not by moon's face,

19Selkiä sinä ikinä.Never shall you be freed.

20Kotiheis kutsuttii,Homeward was called,

21Majoilleis mainittii,To dwellings was proclaimed,

22Minkä pikemmin,The swifter it's done,

23Sen paremmin,The better it's done,

24Kiirehen kitusen kautta.Through haste's gnashing way.

(Luettava 3 kertaa. Pienelle lapselle luettava rintamaitoon. Ensi kertaa luettaessa hierotaan rintaa ja vatsaa. Toisen kerran luettaissa hierotaan harteita ja sivuja.)

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.

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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-020546 · Read at SKS ↗

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