Ikäni isoa itkin
In the SKVR edition: Ilomantsi. Eur. G, n. 243. -46.
SKVR textEnglish
1Ikäni isoa itkin,I wept for my long life,
2Puolen vuotta veikkoani,For half a year, my brother,
3Ei itke iso minua,The elder does not weep for me,
4Eikä veikko vierettele,Nor does the brother linger,
5Ei kastu sisärten kasvot,The inner faces do not wet,
6Vetistele ei veikon naiset,The brother's women do not tear,
7Vaikka vierisin veteh,Though I rolled in waters,
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9Jos söis sii'at silmäseni,If pike ate my eyes,
10Kalat toisen katsimeni.Fish would be my second sight.
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12Niin on vierin veikoistani,So I rolled from my brothers,
13Sisäristäni erosin,From my siblings I parted,
14Kuin on puu pinooh,Like a tree into a pile,
15Halko rastista hajosiA log scattered from the stack.
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17Niin minun emo eroitti,Thus my mother divided us,
18Kuin heitti hepo kakaran.Like she tossed a horse's foal.
19Ei ole sitä hevoista,There is no such horse,
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21Joka huoleni vetäisiThat would pull my sorrow,
22Ilman luokin lonsumatta,Without a bridle snapping,
23Valjahan vatsisematta.Without a harness's bellyband.
24Oisiko setäni seppo.Would my uncle be a smith?
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-032378 · Read at SKS ↗
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