Mie olin miehyt pikkarainen

SKVR VII2 1315·Suojärvi·1846·Collector: Europaeus, D. E. D.

In the SKVR edition: Suojärvi. Eur. G, n. 577. -46.

SKVR textEnglish

1Mie olin miehyt pikkarainen,I was a small man/husband,

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3Ajoa karittelinI drove [livestock] to graze,

4Pienist pelloist pientaritse,From small fields by small paths,

5Kaioist pelloist kainaloitse.From narrow fields alongside,

6Siliät suot on silloin pantu,Smooth swamps were then prepared,

7Lakiat suot on lautoih pantu,High swamps boarded with planks,

8Vetevät paikat ver'oiteltu.Watery places were shielded,

9Ajoin armahan pihalle,I drove to my beloved's yard,

10Heitin heptsoinr[I cast myself?] with horses...

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12Vaan ei ole miun omia,But I have nothing of my own,

13Kaikin ai'oin armahia.All my beloveds gone,

14Jo on kuollut kultaseni,My golden one has died,

15Marjaseni maah pantu.My berry laid in earth,

16Tuli tuosta tuska suuri,From this came great sorrow,

17Laslkihen ikävä suuri.A vast longing arose,

18KaaloinI pondered

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20Kokonaisen kolmannenki.A full third [time] also,

21Vierin maalle vierahalle,I rolled to a foreign land,

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23Makasin unen makian.Slept a sweet sleep,

24Oli velji vieressäni,A brother was beside me,

25Kuin oli putsi puolessani,Like a log by my side,

26Viinakannu kainalossa.A wine-jug under my arm.

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.

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