Ei se tiiä yksikään

SKVR V2 499·Vuole·1895·Collector: Pajula, Fanny M.

In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Sohvola. Pajula 656. 95. Lukeri Melikova, 38 v.

SKVR textEnglish

1Ei se tiiä yksikään,No one knows,

2Ymmärrä ei yheksänkään,Not even nine understand,

3Mitä miun on mielessäin,What is in my mind,

4Kuta on peäkulusessain,Where in my head's recess,

5Miun mielein mitä tekköö,What my mind is doing,

6Miel' on tervaa tekköö,The mind is making tar,

7Syvän syttä poltteloo.Burning deep fuel.

8Ei sysi syväntä syrräCharcoal doesn't push aside the deep,

9Eikä terva mieltä keännä,Nor does tar turn the mind,

10Mult' suru sy'ämmen syöpi,Sorrow eats my heart,

11Harma vatsan halkasoo,Grey splits my belly,

12Paha miel' mielen keäns,An evil mind twists the mind,

13Suru tuottaa sannoi,Sorrow brings forth words,

14Suru lasta itkettää.Sorrow makes a child weep.

15En oo musta luonnen mustaI'm not black-born black,

16Enk' oo kaita luonnen kaita,Nor slender-born slender,

17Ei musta oo emon tekemä;Black isn't mother-made;

18Mie oon musta murhettain,I am black with sorrows,

19Mie oon hoikka huoliain,I am gaunt with worries,

20Mie oon kaita kaihojain.I am lean with longings.

21Huolet huonoks mun vettäät,Cares make me worse,

22Murheet muita mustemmaks,Sorrows make others blacker,

23Kaihot muita kai'emmaks,Longings make others thirstier,

24Kekälettä kehnommaks.Embers into something baser.

25En oo saunan soamattuuttaI'm not sauna-unwashed,

26Enk' oo löylyn lyömättyyttä.Nor steam-unbeaten.

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.

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