Voi minä piloinen piika

SKVR VII2 1766·Ilomantsi·1892·Collector: Andberg, A. F.

In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Andberg A. F, n. 4. -92. Hattuvaara. Tatjana Puruskainen, 32 v. Kuuli omassa kylässä Houri Huurinaiselta.

SKVR textEnglish

1Voi minä piloinen piika,Alas, I wretched maid,

2Voi piika pilonalainen,Alas, maid born to misery,

3Kun polin puulle pyöriälle,When I stepped on a rolling tree,

4Oksalle osattomalle,A branch with no share,

5Varvulle varattomalle!A sapling without means!

6Oisippa minun osaksiIf only I’d had as my lot

7Puita pyörimättömiä,Trees that do not roll,

8Oksia osallisia,Branches with portions,

9Varpuja varallisia.Saplings with resources.

10Eipä kasva kaikki lapset,Not all children grow,

11Ei ylene yksikänä,None thrive alone,

12Niinkuin mie katala kasvoin,Yet I, wretched, grew,

13Kasvoin kyllä kaunihisti,Grew so fair and fine,

14Ylenin ylen hyvästi:Rose so very well:

15Kasvoin mieron kannikoilla,On misery’s stumps I grew,

16Viruin mieron viipaleilla,Languished on misery’s slices,

17Nousin kuin putki puuta vasten,Rose like a reed against wood,

18Kuin saraheinä sammalesta,Like sedge from moss,

19Vihviläinen vilusta maastaA sprout from frosty earth,

20Orjaksi osalliselle,As a slave to the propertied,

21Rahallisen raatajaksi.A drudge for the wealthy.

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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