Ennen taisin, ennen lauloin
In the SKVR edition: Lemp. Vaskela. Räikk. 185. 17. Mari Andrejevna Vaskelainen, 65 v., (inkeroinen).
SKVR textEnglish
1Ennen taisin, ennen lauloin,Formerly I knew, formerly I sang,
2Muullo muitai opetin,At other times I taught others,
3Nyt en taija itsekkää,Now I cannot [sing] even myself,
4En muita opetakkaa.Nor teach others anymore.
5Älkää pahaksi panko,Do not take offense,
6Jos en laulua ossaile,If I cannot manage the song,
7Jos en taija tarkkaella!If I cannot perform precisely!
8En ole opissa oltu,I've not been in formal training,
9Käynt en laulun koululoi.Nor attended song-schools.
10Ain uon olt työn opis,Always I've been in work's teaching,
11Työn uon koiteelt koululoi,Work's tested schools I've known.
12Kyl uon vualiint vasaran vartta,I've forged a hammer's handle,
13Sepän pihtiä pitänty.Held the smith's tongs tight.
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-017896 · Read at SKS ↗
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