Mänin kirkkoo mie kesäl

SKVR V2 321·Vuole·1908·Collector: Salminen, Väinö

In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Sohvola. Salminen 1563. 08. Nasto.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mänin kirkkoo mie kesäl,I went to church in summer,

2Katsoin muita kannettii,I watched others being carried,

3Tuumia muita tuuvittui,Others' thoughts were comforted,

4Muut ku loatii lapsilleen,Others when they read to their children,

5Niin pittiit pienille puhetta,Thus gave speech to the little ones,

6Ei olt miulle loatijaa.There was none to speak for me.

7Mie etsin joka emosen,I sought every mother,

8Joka katsoin kantajaisen,Every bearer I observed,

9Joka vanhemman valitsin.Every elder I selected,

10En löyä sitä emoista,I found none among mothers,

11Ken hoastais emon puheita,Who would speak the mother’s words,

12Emol loatiis lausehii.To the mother recite phrases.

13Mie vein kiiren kirkkomoalla,I took a stone in the churchyard,

14Hoaston hauan laiemmome,Spoke at the grave’s edge,

15Eisin hoastoin hauan kans,I sought, spoke with the grave,

16Sit mie ristillä ritain.Then I wrestled with the cross,

17Emo hauast havaitsi:The mother from the grave noticed:

18"Älä armas piikuvein,"Do not, dear maiden,

19Älä riko ristiäin,Do not break my cross,

20Älä halo hautajain!Do not disturb the burial!

21Rist ei o sepän tekemäThe cross is not a smith’s making,

22Rist o Ristuksen tekemä,The cross is Christ’s making,

23Luojan poijan laittelema."The Creator’s son’s creation."

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.