Laulon ennen lapsempana
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala, Mäkienkylä. Salminen 1653. 08. Tarja.
SKVR textEnglish
1Laulon ennen lapsempanaI sang when I was younger
2Ja huusin hupelompana.And shouted more carefree
3- Nyt se laulaa pitäs. -Now one should sing
4Ei miu laulella pitäs,It's not for me to sing
5Ei iloita eisinkää;Nor to rejoice either
6Heitän pois heilumisen,I cast away swaying
7Laiton pois laulamisen.Put aside singing
8Huh, ku miul on huolta paljo!Oh, how much sorrow I bear!
9Enem on miulla huoltaI have more sorrow
10Ku on kuuses käppyi,Than a spruce has cones
11Petäjäs helpehii,A pine has scales
12Katajas karpehii.A juniper has barbs
13Huol huonoks vettää,Sorrow drags to ruin
14Kaiho muita kaiemmaks,Longing distances others
15Murhe muita mustemmaks.Grief blackens others
16Em mustuis emon puhetta,I wouldn't darken mother's words
17Mustuis löylyn luomatuutta,Nor the sauna's unmaking
18Enk ois saunan soamatuutta.Or the sauna's discord
19Mie om musta murhettain,I am black with grief
20Musta murheen alaine.Blackened under grief's yoke
21Kui muil pyhä tulloo,When others get holidays
22Miul on suurinta surruu.I get the greatest sorrow
23Muut muuttaat pyhät paiat,Others change holy shirts
24Pyhävöitä vyöttelööt;Gird holiday sashes
25Mie muutan mustan paian,I change to black shirt
26Surukassen huolen paian.A shirt of worried sorrow
27Miult kyssyyt kyläset naiset:Village women ask me:
28"Miss o siul musta paita?""Where's your black shirt?"
29"Sil on miul musta paita,"There lies my black shirt,
30Miul om miel musta,My mind is blackened,
31Ku ei o kyllin kyntäjästä,For lacking enough plowers,
32Varsa viejää vaol,A foal dragged to field,
33Orosen opettajaista."A stallion's untrained ways."
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-018361 · Read at SKS ↗
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