Hoi sinä moamońi, kandajońi

SKVR VII1 188 a·Suojärvi·1908·Collector: Ahtia, E.

In the SKVR edition: Suojärvi. Ahtia n. 9. -08. Leppäniemi. Marppa Biibina, 49 v.

Song types: Kehoitus laulamaan, Kilpalaulanta, Laulajan kerskauksia

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SKVR textEnglish

Vanha Väinämyt da nuori Jougamońi.

1"Hoi sinä moamońi, kandajońi,"Hail you, my mother, my bearer,"

2magien maijon andajońi,"giver of sweet milk,"

3rindamaijon imettäjäńi,"my breast-milk nurse,"

4kaunehešti kazvattaja,"beautiful raiser,"

5urohoksi ylendäjä,"uplifter into a hero,"

6blahoslovi minuo mettšuimah!""bless me to the forest!"

7Spoassa blahoslovikkah!"Quickly bless him!"

8Lähtöö poigohuońi ainohuońi mettšuimah."The son-in-law, the only son, departs to the forest."

9Tuloo vanha Väinämyt vastah."Old Väinämöinen comes to meet."

10Nukkabo laŋgokset laulamah,"The strings began to sing,"

11heimokset helävyttämäh."the kin to resound."

12Laulammo lammit lattioil,"We sing ponds onto the floors,"

13monet kalat lambiloih,"many fish into the ponds,"

14monet marjat tanderil."many berries on the heath."

15Laulammo meret laivoloil."We sing seas with ships."

16Lauloi vanha Väinämyt"Old Väinämöinen sang"

17Jougozen kylmäh kiveh,"into Jougo’s cold stones,"

18hambahin vezihagoh."into the water’s toothy trap."

19Tuuli peädä tud'utteloo,"The wind pushes the head,"

20virda jalgoja vedelöö."the current drags the legs."

21Viebo Jougońi jorahteloo:"Jouko carries on exclaiming:"

22"Oi sinä vanha Väinämyti,"Oh you old Väinämöinen,"

23läylen minul teäli olla,"I need to have awareness,"

24tuulibo peädä tud'utteloo,"the wind would push the head,"

25virda jalgoja vedelöö.""the current drag the legs."

26"Siid on peässän sieli eäreh,"Here in the head’s edge,"

27kui andanet ainavoizen"as you gave the eternal"

28lautšan peähyös istujazen,"bench’s headrest to sit,"

29ikkunkorvaz iloizeńi.""window’s corner of joy."

30"Annan minä ainavoizen,"I give the eternal,"

31lautšan peähyös istujazen,"bench’s headrest to sit,"

32ikkunkorvaz iloizeńi.""window’s corner of joy."

33Peäzibo Jougońi joves poizi."Jouko headed to the river’s boy."

34Lähtietäh kod́ih astumahe."Set off stepping homeward."

35Moamah pihah vastah tuli."Mother came to meet in the yard."

36"Hoi sinä, moamońi, kandajońi,"Hail you, my mother, my bearer,"

37kui annoin mie ainavoizen,"as I gave the eternal,"

38ikkunkorvan iloizen,"window’s corner! Of joy,"

39lautsan peähyöz istujazen,"bench’s headrest to sit,"

40annoin vanhal Väinämyöli"."I gave to old Väinämöinen."

41"Poiguhuońi on ainuhuońi,"My son-in-law is the only son,"

42sidä minä vuotin vanhoa Väinämyttä vävyks.""therefore I waited for old Väinämöinen as son-in-law."

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-030691 · Read at SKS ↗

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