En olisi luonnon musta
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Krohn n. 6919. -84. Lokanlahti. Liina Sillainen, n. 45 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1En olisi luonnon musta,I would not be nature's black,
2Vain olen murehen musta,But I am sorrow's black,
3Annan huolia hevosten,I give worries to the horses,
4Murehtia ruunan mustan;To grieve the black gelding;
5Kannapa, korppi, huoliani,Carry, raven, my worries,
6Murehtani musta lintu.My sorrowing black bird.
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-032355 · Read at SKS ↗
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