Kasvatti miun emmoin
In the SKVR edition: Toksova, Hittola. Pajula 292. 94. Liisa Itko, 63 v. Oppinut äidiltään.
SKVR textEnglish
1Kasvatti miun emmoin,My mothers raised me,
2Kasvatti kannoi partin,Raised a flock of swans,
3Joukon suuren joutsenii.A great host of swans.
4Kaikki syötti, kaikki soatto,All were fed, all were tended,
5Kaikki ai'alle asetti,All placed in the enclosure,
6Seipähille seisotteli.Stood them on stakes.
7Tuli haukka, niin hajotti,Came a hawk, it scattered them,
8Tuli korppi, niin kohensi:Came a raven, it restored:
9Yhen vei Vennäen moalle,One took to Russian land,
10Toisen kanto Karjalaan,Another bore to Karelia,
11Miun puotti pohjaseen,Me it cast northward,
12Pohjatuulta tuntemaan,To know the north wind,
13Ärjentä ällyymään.To understand the roaring.
14Tunnen tuulen, tunnen tyynen,I know wind, I know calm,
15Tunnen ärjännen äkäsen,I know the angry roar,
16En tunne emännän kieltä;But not the mistress' tongue;
17Emännäll' on kolme kieltä,The mistress has three tongues,
18Yks on luinen, toinen puinen,One bone, one wood,
19Kolmas on kivinen kieli.The third a stone tongue.
20Puisella puhu tuvassa,With wood-speak in the house,
21Luisella lukun takana,With bone-tongue behind locks,
22Kivisellä kellarissa.With stone-speak in cellar.
23Ei ne voali kaikki vaimotNot all women can
24Niinkuin voali miun emmoin,As my mothers could,
25Yhtenä kesäisnä yönäOne summer night
26Juoksi kolmasti joella,Ran thrice on the river,
27Kapaloi kaheksin rievuin,Wrapped with eight splints,
28Rievuin kuusin kuivajeeli.Dried with six splints.
29Mill' mie maksan moammon mai'onHow repay my mother's land
30Ja kostan emmoin koulun,And avenge my mothers' teaching?
31Maksan marjoilla kesällä,I pay with summer berries,
32Kostan koivun jältösellä.Avenge with birch residue.
33Ei marjat mittäi maksaBerries pay nothing
34Eikä kosta koivun jälti.Nor birch residue avenge.
35Hankin mie pyhäisen pyssyn,I'll get a holy gun,
36Käyn mie pyhät pyss' olalla,Carry it on holy days,
37Arkipäivät ampumassa,Weekdays spent shooting,
38Ammun joutsenen joesta,I'll shoot swans from rivers,
39Lammista lihavan linnun,Fat birds from ponds,
40Tuolla maksan moammon mai'onThere I'll repay my mother's land
41Ja kostan emmoin koulun.And avenge my mothers' teaching.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-018213 · Read at SKS ↗
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