Olin nokka nuorempana
In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Pien-Suojela. Pajula 227. 94. Tatiaana Larivonova 45 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Olin nokka nuorempana,I was sharp in my youth,
2Kokka kolmenvuotisena,Entirely at three years old,
3En kuullut emosen eäntä,I did not hear the mother's voice,
4Soan't en vastausta savelta,Nor a melodic answer,
5Kuulin eänen kullaltain,I heard a golden voice,
6Rallatuksen raukaltain.A wretched one's chant.
7Kuul't en eäntä kullaltain,I heard no golden voice,
8Kuuntelin emosen eäntä,I listened to the mother's voice,
9En kuullut emosen eäntä.*I did not hear the mother's voice.*
10Käin kymmenen kyllää,I walked ten villages,
11Viisi valtaa vaelsin,Roamed five domains,
12Kyll'hän mie emoista etsin,I sought among mothers,
13Ei etsi emo miuista.No mother sought me.
14Kurva oil miun emmoin,Wretched was my mother,
15Kuin tuo heitti herttaseesen,As if she cast me to the heart's core,
16Hylkäs hyvän ommaasen.Abandoned her own good.
17Jos om heitti miun emmoin,If she abandoned my mother,
18Hylkää ei hyvä Jumala.Good God does not abandon.
19Millä lienen mie poloinenHow have I, a wretch,
20Surman mielen suututtanut,Angered Death's mind?
21Kun ei surma suorin tehnyt,For Death did not strike straight,
22Tauti oikein ei osannut,Illness failed its duty,
23Kun otti opettajain,It took the teachers,
24Tappo taideneuvojain.Killed the wise counselors.
25Miks ei ottanut miuista,Why not take from mine,
26Ottan't ei kovaosaista?Not the strong-willed?
27Tuota toivoin tuon iijäin,This I hoped those nights,
28Tuon iijäin, tuon aijain,Those nights, those times,
29Kuin ne soisiit kirkonkellot,As church bells would toll,
30Rankusiit rahan alaisetThe burdened under wealth,
31Miun poloisen puolestain,For my wretched sake,
32Miun on kauttain katalan,Through me, the wretched,
33Loppuis kurvilt' kuhina,Misery's buzz would cease,
34Akoilt' paha ajatus.Evil thoughts from days.
35Kaikk' olen katala nähnyt,All wretchedness I've seen,
36Kokenut kova-osainen!Endured misfortune!
37Kuin ois onni ostannassa,If luck were for sale,
38Ostasin paremman onnen.I'd buy better fortune.
39Kuin ois seppänä settäin,If I were a smith of sorrows,
40Takojan' ois vellueeni,A forger of my grief,
41Tiettäsin suruista suitset,I'd forge bridles from sorrow,
42Satulan kylän sanoista,A saddle from village words,
43Päitset päivistä pahoista.Headgear from ill days.
44Olin yksin, maksoin kaksi,Alone, I paid double,
45Kaks mie maksoin kassarissa,Paid two in the basket,
46Viis mie heinän viikatteessa,Five in the scythe's hay,
47Kuus kujalla käy'essäni,Six on the path I walked,
48Kolme sirpissä sipasin.Three with the sickle I sowed.
49Mie kuin käin, kämärä läikky,As I walked, the crock spilled,
50Mie kuin istuin, moa iloitsi,As I sat, earth rejoiced,
51Mie kuin seisoin, seinä paisto.As I stood, walls gleamed.
52Iloitkoon ison miniät,Let the master's brides rejoice,
53Eukon lapset laulakoot!The crone's children sing!
54Naura suu, muhaja muoto,Laugh, mouth; smile, form,
55Tie mielonen joitakuita!Be kind to some path!
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.
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-018459 · Read at SKS ↗
Added by RunoVerse: the English translations, the song types, the verse numbers and the links.