Piennä petti miun emmoin

SKVR V2 322·Vuole·1894·Collector: Alava, Vihtori

In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Kirkonk. Alava 1557. 94. Sohvi, 60 v., kreikanusk., synt. Lempaalan Kyläjatkosta, siellä oppinut.

SKVR textEnglish

1Piennä petti miun emmoin,In childhood, my mother deceived me,

2Valehtel' vanhempain,Lied by my elders,

3Sano hään kuuks' kuolevaan,She said to the dying moon/month,

4Kaheks' kattoovaan;To the eighth watcher;

5Eipä tuo kuuks' kuoltukoaa,That moon/month did not die,

6Kaheks' koanutkoa,Nor the eighth [cycle] endured;

7Kuolpa kuukse päiväksee,Let the moon die into day,

8Katos kaikeks' iäks'.Vanished for all time.

9Tul' miula emmoo ikävä,Longing for my mother came to me,

10Kaiho suur' kantajaista.Great sorrow for my bearers.

11Mie kiisin kirkkosiee,I walked to the church road,

12Kiisin kirkon penkin peähä;I went to the church bench's head;

13Kuuntelin emmoin eäntä,I listened for my mother's voice,

14Valitosta vanhemmain.For the lament of my elders.

15En kuullut emmoin eäntä,I heard not my mother's voice,

16Vaikutosta vanhemmain.Nor my elders' influence.

17Mie siit hoaaprin hauvan peä(l)le.Then I to the grave's edge,

18Mie siit huastoin hauvan kans'Then I spoke with the grave

19Ja ritajin ristin kans'.And adorned the cross with it.

20Emo hauvvast' havaitsi:Mother noticed from the grave:

21"Älä riko ristijäin,"Do not break the crosses,

22Piroittele pienajain!Tear not the little ones!

23Ei teht teijä seppä,No smith made yours,

24Teijän tappar' takontu,Your axe was not forged,

25Teän on teht Luojan seppä,Yours were made by God's smith,

26Luojan tappar' takontu,By God's axe forged,

27Luojan kirves kilkuttantu."By God's hammer struck.""

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.

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