Ei miun laulella pitäisi
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Räikkönen 50. 16. Mari Jauhopää.
SKVR textEnglish
1Ei miun laulella pitäisi,I should not sing,
2Ei iloita ensinkänä.Nor rejoice at all.
3Lauloin ennen lapsempana,I sang before, when younger,
4Pi'in ilon pienempänä.I kept joy when smaller.
5Kuin kasvoin katala lapsi,As I grew, a wretched child,
6Suureni miun suruni,My sorrow grew large,
7Pieneni iloni pieni.My small joy shrank.
8Suru sorti sorjan äänen,Sorrow crushed the fair voice,
9Äänen kaatoi kaunokkaisen.Felled the beautiful voice.
10Käin mie kymmenen kyleä,I walked ten versts,
11Samosin sata taloa,Wandered a hundred homes,
12En löytäänt sitä sisoa,Found not that sister,
13En sitä emosen lasta,Nor that mother’s child,
14Kelle haastasin haluni,To whom I told my desires,
15Pakajaisin mielpahani.Confessed my mind’s sorrow.
16Mänen metsähän kesällä,I went to the forest in summer,
17Haastan haavan lehtisille,Addressed the aspen’s leaves,
18Pakajan pajun vesoille.To the magpie’s willow shoots.
19Haapa ei haasta kellenkää,The aspen speaks to none,
20Pakaja ei pajuvesanen.The magpie, no willow-child.
21Soi ennen sorja ääni,Once a fair voice sounded,
22Ääni kaunis kaljahteli,The voice rang beautifully,
23Kuin ol voilla voitajaini,As if with my churners’ butter,
24Rasvalla rakentajaini.With my builders’ fat.
25Emo ennen voila voisi,Mother once with butter could,
26Iso rasvalla rakenti.Father built with fat.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-017875 · Read at SKS ↗
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