Mahto ennen miun emmoin
In the SKVR edition: Lempaala. Reinh. A IV 13. 47.
SKVR textEnglish
1Mahto ennen miun emmoinMight my mother before
2Ja ennen emmoisuvein,And before mother's time,
3Mahto tuo mahoina maata,Might that lie as bellies,
4Juossa talvet joutillaan,Run winters leisurely,
5Kesät leskennä levätä,Summers rest like a widow,
6Mātā vasten vaippajase,Lying against a cover,
7Liki liina hurstijase,Near linen-clad frame,
8Ennen ku issoa vastenBefore against a beam
9Ja tehhä tätä tytöstä,And to make this maiden,
10Tätä lasta lattiall'This child on the floor,
11Tätä huolta huolimaan,This care to carry,
12Murhetta murentamaan.To crumble this grief.
13Mahto ennen miun emmoinMight my mother before
14Panna tuutunen tulleen,Make a wind come,
15Vaaruvainen valkiahan,Shaky into whiteness,
16Ennen ku tuuvittaa tätä tytöstä.Before blowing this maiden.
17Mahto ennen miun emmoinMight my mother before
18Mennä mustalle ojalle,Go to the black ditch,
19Pessä pieniä kivvii,Wash small stones,
20Kapaloija karttusii,Avoid bundled things,
21Ennen ku tehhä tätä tytöstä,Before making this maiden,
22Tätä huolta huolimaan,This care to carry,
23Tätä murhetta murentamaan.This grief to crumble.
24Jos huolin tämänki huolen,If I bear this care,
25Tämän murhen muren̄an,Crush this grief,
26Kyllä tuuli toista tuopi,The wind brings another,
27Ahavainen anteloopi,Frost-antelope carries,
28Meren aaltonen aijaa,Sea's wave drives,
29Meren tyrsky työntelöövi.Surf pushes forth.
30En o hoikka luonnen hoikka,I'm not nature's slender,
31En o hoikka emmoi tekemä,Nor mother-made slender,
32En o kaita luonon kaita,Not nature's narrow,
33En o kaita emon tekemä,Nor mother-made narrow,
34En o musta luonnon musta,Not nature's black,
35En o musta emon tekemä;Nor mother-made black;
36Mie olen hoikka huoliainI'm slender from cares,
37Sekä on kaita kaihettai,And narrow from sorrows,
38Musta aivon murhettai.Black from mind's griefs.
39Kanna, korppi, kaihuvei,Carry, raven, my longing,
40Murhehei, musta lintu,Grief-bird, black fowl,
41Kanna kaivohon syvvään,Bear to deepest well,
42Lammiin kalattomaha!To fishless pond!
43Kui kannat kalallissee,If to fishy waters,
44Kalat kaikki huolestuut,Fish all grieve,
45Säre lillit liukenoot,Lilies slip broken,
46Ahvenet alasmännöötPerch dive downward
47Miun hoika huoliainMy slender cares
48Ja katalan kaihettai,And wretched sorrows,
49Mustan aivan murhettai.Fully black griefs.
50Kun ois miun seppänä settäi,If I had smith's kin,
51Takojaan ois velluvei,A hammering helper,
52Tiettäisin suruista suitset,I'd forge bridles from sorrows,
53Päitset päivistä pahoist,Headstalls from bad days,
54Satulan kylän sanoist.Saddles from village words.
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 editors’ signs inside the verses ([ ], ⌈ ⌉, *, [!], [?]) are left out, as in the poem reader; the letters they enclose are kept.
- 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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-018428 · Read at SKS ↗
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