Kui mie olin kotonna

SKVR V2 683·Vuole·1894·Collector: Alava, Vihtori

In the SKVR edition: Vuole, Katumaa. Alava 1376. 94. Mari Laakko, 53 v.

SKVR textEnglish

1Kui mie olin kotonnaWhen I was at home

2Ja elin emon keralla,And lived with my mother,

3Ol miun voissa vuotehein,In my chest was bedding hay,

4Kamarass' ol' kattehein,In the chamber was roofing hay,

5Jamakass' ol jalka-porras,In the threshold was a footstep,

6Peä-alaset peä(l)lisess',Headrests in the head-cover,

7Sipasi sian-lihhaa,Cured the pork,

8Lokkasin lohen-kallaa;Collected salmon roe;

9Isä kutsu kuu-valoks,Father called the moonlight,

10Emo päivän-nousunaks',Mother the sunrise;

11Sissoin sini-keräks',I adorned with blue coils,

12Velloin veten kalaks'.Churned water into fish.

13Käin mie kukkan' kujall',I walked the flowered path,

14Kajavan' käin kaivotiell'.The seagull's well-path I tread.

15Kuin mie muutin moisioin,When I tended the estates,

16Vaihon vainio-siiain,Tended the field beasts,

17Sain vettää vesi-murruu,Made water break its course,

18Katsoin koalin tähtehii;Watched the bear's stars;

19Puttoś puna posest',Redness fell from my cheeks,

20Läks' lelli leuka-päist'.Tenderness fled my face.

21Appi kutsu ahnioks',Father-in-law called me greedy,

22Anoppi vesi-haoks',Mother-in-law to the water-stack;

23Kyty kylmäks' kiveks',Ember turned to cold stone,

24Nato naisẽ kuolioks'.Daughter-in-law to woman's death.

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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