Tiijän, sykkä synnyntäni
In the SKVR edition: Suistamo. Soini n. 132. -98. Muuanto. Iivanan Palaka.
SKVR textEnglish
1Tiijän, sykkä synnyntäni,I know, deep/dark my birth,
2Muan katala, kasvintoni,Humble earth, my cradle of growth,
3Vaan en tiijä kuolema tiloa,But I know not death's dwelling,
4Vaikka vierren vetehen,Though beside the waters,
5Kuatunen kaloille syyä.A little death-food for fish.
6Kaikki kalat kaipastuupi,All fish recoil in longing,
7Ahvenet alas meneepi.Perches dive downward,
8Huolista hevoin tuloopi,From cares comes a horse,
9Musta ruuna murehista,Black mare from sorrows,
10Päitset päivistä pahoista.Bridles of ill-starred days.
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.
- 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-032483 · Read at SKS ↗
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