En huu'a humalan tautta
In the SKVR edition: Liperi. Ahlqvist B, n. 13. -46.
SKVR textEnglish
1En huu'a humalan tautta,I do not shout from the disease of hops,
2tautta viinan vierettele,nor shun the wine's ailment,
3laulan hoikka huolissani,I sing, slight in my worries,
4ikävissäni iloitsen,in my sorrows I rejoice,
5laulan iltani iloksi,I sing my evening for joy,
6huvikiksi huomeneni,as delight for my tomorrow,
7viihykkeeksi viikkokau'en,as diversion for my week's span,
8eikö iltani kulusi,Would that my evening pass,
9hupenisi huomeneni,my tomorrow fade away,
10viikkokauet vierähtäisi.my weeks roll swiftly by.
11Mikäpä lienevi minulleWhat might have given me
12antanut tämän apian,this weight of sorrow,
13tämän huolen hoivannunna,nurtured this worry,
14iskenyt tämän ikävän?struck this longing into me?
15Sekä mennehen sykysyn,Both last autumn's time
16että toisen toukoajanand another spring's season,
17mulle huolta hoivattihin,they nurtured worries for me,
18ajatusta annettihin,gave me brooding thoughts,
19ikäveä iskettihin,struck me with sorrows,
20pantihin pahoa mieltä.laid an evil mind upon me.
21Mikä lienevi minulla,What might dwell within me,
22kuka kurjan kannetulla,who in this wretch's burden,
23joka kuu kujoni muutan,that each moon I change my path,
24joka aamu aittatieni,each morning my granary,
25joka ilta ikkunani.each evening my window?
26Liekkö mun Jumala luonut,Was it God who made me
27vainko lie emo kironnutor did my mother curse me
28tälle suurelle surulle,for this great sorrow,
29apialle mielalalle,this wretched state of mind,
30joka ilta itkemähän,that every eve I must weep,
31kuu joka kujertamahan,each moon to moan aloud?
32illat vietän itkemällä,Evenings I spend weeping,
33päivän laskut laulamalla.day's ends with singing.
34Niin minuu moni sanovi,Thus many say of me,
35usia ajattelevi:others ponder thus:
36vähä on huolta huitukalla,"Little worry on a swing,
37ajatusta aiaksella;thoughts on a doorstep;
38enempi on minulla huolta,but greater worries I bear
39kun on kuusessa käpyjä,than cones on a spruce,
40petäjässä helpehiä,scales on a pine,
41pajuja pahalla maalla,willows in barren soil,
42kanarvia kankahalla;junipers on the heath."
43se mun huoleni lukisi,One who could count my woes,
44apiani arvoasi,appraise my sorrows,
45joka kosken kivet lukisi,who'd count a rapid's stones,
46veen aallot arvoasi.measure the water's waves.
47Mull' on huolet moninaiset,My worries are manifold,
48murehet monen näköset:griefs of many forms:
49yksi on huoli pääni päällä,One worry on my head,
50sen panisin palmikolle;I'd place it in a braid;
51toinen on alla jalkojeni,Another beneath my feet,
52sen on pauloilla panisin;set it upon traps;
53jok' on keskellä sy'äntä,But that in my heart's core,
54se vasta pahoin paneksen,strikes most cruelly,
55se minun manalle viepi,drags me to Manala,
56torkuttavi Tuonelahan.lulls me to Tuonela's realm.
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
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Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-032455 · Read at SKS ↗
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