Muut sannoit, et mie uon musta

SKVR V2 497·Lempaala·1917·Collector: Räikkönen, Eino

In the SKVR edition: Lemp. Nenimäki. Räikk. 602. 17. Fetjka Feodorovitsch, 60 v.

SKVR textEnglish

1Muut sannoit, et mie uon musta,Others said that I am black,

2Katsoit kaik, jot mie uon kaita,You all saw that I am bound,

3Mut mien uo musta luonnon musta,But my blackness is nature's blackness,

4Luonnon musta, lyönnin musta,Nature's black, beaten black,

5En musta emon tekemäI am not black made by mother,

6Enkä kaita, luonnon kaita,Nor bound, nature's bound,

7Luonnon kaita, lyönnin kaita,Nature's bound, beaten bound,

8En kaita emon tekemä.I am not bound made by mother.

9Mie uon musta murhettainI am black with sorrows,

10Sekä kaita kaihojain.And bound with longings,

11Huolet miul on huostassain:Worries I hold in my keeping:

12Isän huolet, eukon huolet,Father's worries, wife's worries,

13Seitsemät sisaren huolet,Seven sisters' worries,

14Omat huolet erinommaist.My own worries most exceptional.

15No lennä haukkakii ja korp,Now fly, hawk and raven,

16Kanna korppi huolijain,Bear, raven, these caretakers of woes,

17Musta lintu murhettain!Black bird of sorrows!

18Kanna kaivoo syyvvää,Carry longing to devour,

19Oijjaa kalattommaa,Guide to fishless waters,

20Aivan ahvenettomaa!To waters wholly perchless!

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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