Osajelj miun emmoin
In the SKVR edition: Lemp. Vaskela. Räikk. 186. 17. Mari Andrejevna Vaskelainen, 65 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Osajelj miun emmoin,Part of my mother,
2Osasj omenan tehhä,Part to make the apple,
3Tarkkais taimen kasvatella.Cared to nurture the sapling,
4Ei osant omenalliseen,Did not know for the apple tree,
5Ei osant osasta luuvva:Did not know to count the parts:
6Nii se laulo miun emmoin,Thus sang my mother,
7Laulo lasta liekuttais:Sang to rock the child:
8Mie en tiijä itsekkää,I myself do not know,
9Mihi tuutinen tytöstä,Where to lull the girl,
10Kuhu lasta liekuttelen,Where to rock the child,
11Kunka koiran kohtaloksi,As the dog's fate,
12Kunka narrin nauvvutella.As the fool's mockery.
13Tie ei tiijä kävijästään,The road knows not its walker,
14Hevonen ajajastaan,The horse knows not its rider,
15Neiti nuori lyöjästään.The maid knows not her suitor.
16Kaik kansa kasvakoon,Let all people grow,
17Käyköö parvees paimenees,Let them swarm as shepherds,
18Lasna lammasten jälestä.Children behind the sheep.
19Mahoit, miun emmoin,You died, my mother,
20Maata vaste vaippajais,To lie shrouded in earth,
21Kesät leskenä levätä,To rest summers as a widow,
22Ei tuutii tätä tytöstäNo lullaby for this girl,
23Tähä kostuu kovvaa,Here gathers harshness,
24Aikaa ani pahhaa,Time so very evil,
25Joka ilta itkemää,Every night to weep,
26Joka kuu kujertammaa.Every moon to mourn.
27Sie mahoit, miun emmoin,You died, my mother,
28Männä järven rantasee,Went to the lake's shore,
29Pessä pienii kivvii,Washing small stones,
30Kapaloija kartikkoi,Gathering pebbles,
31Ei tuutii tätä tytöstä,No lullaby for this girl,
32Tätä lasta liekutella,To rock this child,
33Kyll on tuuti miun emmoin,There is a lullaby, my mother,
34Äijä tuuti tuutijain,A great lullaby of lullabies,
35Ei yhtää ylös ajeltu.Not one drifted upward.
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-018262 · Read at SKS ↗
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