Ajatteli aika tauti

SKVR VII2 950·Ilomantsi·1838·Collector: Lönnrot, Elias

In the SKVR edition: Ilom. Lönnrot Q, n. 77. -38.

Song types: Emo tuuti turvaksensa, Emo tuuti tuskiansa, Hiihtävä surma, Käkesin käkösen naida, Olisi minulla ollut polvet poikoa piellä, Älä kihlo kirkkotiellä

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[Hiihtävä surma - Tuutilaulua - Käkesit käkösen tuoa.]

1Ajatteli aika tautiThe ancient disease pondered

2Aialla talon takana,Behind the house at the fence,

3Mäen alla männikössä:Under the hill in the pine forest:

4"Kenen tappanen talosta?"Whom shall I kill from the house?

5Jos emännän - -If the mistress,

6Jos miniänIf the daughter-in-law?"

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8Ei tuosta talo hävinne:The house would not perish from that:

9Nainen toinen naitanee,Another woman would be wed,

10Emäntä etittänehe,A mistress would be sought,

11Eloa emän̄än kansa,To live with the mistress,

12Polvet poikoa piellä,Knees to push sons,

13Käsi lasta kännytellä,Hands to rock the child,

14Niinku omillai emillä."As with their own mothers."

15Tuota toivon tuon ikäni,That I hope for all my life,

16Varoani vaapottelen,I sway my resources,

17Pyssykäistä pyörittelen,I twirl my little guns,

18Jousikäistä jouvuttelen;I flex my bow-arms;

19Tuuvittelen tuskakseni,I console my pains,

20Imettelen itkukseni,I nurse my weeping,

21Huolekseni huiskuttelen.I swing my worries.

22Ei tullut emon tukea,Mother's aid did not come,

23Tuki tuulelle tulepi,Support comes to the wind,

24Anoville armo suuri,Great mercy to the waves,

25Vara vastarantasille.Resources to the far shore.

26Hoipa poloiAlas, poor me,

27Suullinen sanalliseni,My mouthful of words,

28Kielellinen kumppalini,My tongue-driven companion,

29Käkesit käkösen tuoa,You bid me bring the cuckoo,

30Kuletella vein on kukan,To bear the flower,

31Maalta valkian valita,To choose white from the earth,

32Kukkulintu kumppaliks;A hill-bird as companion;

33Eipä käki käteen saauut,But the cuckoo wasn't caught,

34Kukkulintu kumppaliksi,The hill-bird as companion,

35Maalt' et valkiata valin̄ut,From earth you chose no white,

36Puuttu konna kopriisi,A toad lacked guts,

37Sam̄akko satimeesi.A frog in your tale/bag.

38Ellös vainen, poikaseni,Never, oh my son,

39Ellös vainen pyhänä naiko,Never wed a holy one,

40Teiltä kirkko kihlaelko:Do not betroth the church:

41Pahallaki on paita päällä.Even the wicked wear shirts,

42Tuhmallaki pää tukossa;The stubborn! Head in a tangle;

43Ota'pa olkihuoneelta,Take from the barn,

44Riusan varresta valitse,Choose from the shrub's stem,

45Kiven puusta kihlaele!Betroth from the stone's wood!

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.

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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-031520 · Read at SKS ↗

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