Mie on etsinyt emosta

SKVR V2 479·Vuole·1908·Collector: Salminen, Väinö

In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Sohvola. Salminen 1604. 08. Rautu - Palkeela - Anna.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mie on etsinyt emosta,I have sought from the mother,

2Kantajaist on kaikateltu.The bearers have been questioned.

3On monta emon näköistä,There are many mother-like in appearance,

4Mont on äitiin eänellistä.Many are akin to the mother's voice/spirit.

5Mie en oo emoista soant,I have not received from the mothers,

6Ei puhu emon puhheil,She does not speak the mother's words,

7Lausu ei eukol lausehilla.Nor utter with the crone's phrases.

8Vieras eukko, ei emmoini.A foreign crone, not my mothers.

9Tuntoo työst tullehein,She knows the labor of arrivals,

10Se ei tunne väsynnehhein;She knows not the weary;

11Kysyjää ei o kynnyksel,No questioner waits at the threshold,

12Lausujaa ei lattial.No speaker lingers on the floor.

13"Onkos sun keäjeis kylmenneet,"Have your wanderings grown cold,

14Varpahais paleltunneet?"Your toes frozen stiff?"

15Eukko vieras, ei emmoini,Crone stranger, not my mothers,

16Heä on työhö työntämäs,She thrusts herself into labor,

17Ajamas askariel.Driven by chores.

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.

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