Niinhän se miun emo eroitti

SKVR V2 329·Lempaala·1894·Collector: Alava, Vihtori

In the SKVR edition: Lempaala, Mäkienkylä. Alava 636. 94. Vańtkan Iivana, 59 v.

SKVR textEnglish

1Niinhän se miun emo eroitti,Thus my mother parted me,

2Moaammo maire vierottel',The gentle earth-mother estranged,

3Niinhän se mie poloińe poikaThus I, the wretched boy,

4Poisi jouvvuin joukostaine,Was torn from the kin-group,

5Sirosin sisosistaine,A delicate one from siblings,

6Poisi vierin vellostaine,A stranger to my brothers,

7Niinkun puu pinosta vieri,Like a tree from a stack rolls,

8Halko röykystä hajois,A log from the pile splits,

9Munaine kanan pesäst',An egg from the hen's nest,

10Kivi saunan kiukuvast'.A stone from the sauna stove.

11Halon sais' röykkyy' vaik' hakata,One could chop a log from the pile,

12Kiven sais' saunan kiukuvaa',A stone from the stove retrieve,

13Munasen kanan pessää'.An egg from the nest reclaim.

14Mut mistäs mie emoista etsin,But where do I seek mothers,

15Kustas katson kantajaist'?Where gaze for the life-givers?

16Ennää emoist' en oo nähtNo longer have I seen mothers,

17Silmilläin siittä päivin,With my eyes since those days,

18Kerran lie kirstu kiin pantu,Once the chest was sealed shut,

19Peäälle kans' kallistettu,A lid tilted atop it,

20Rautanaulaill' napattu,Fastened with iron nails,

21Vasarall' vahvistettu.Strengthened with a hammer.

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.