Etsi maitosi Manalta

SKVR VII5 loitsut 3887·Impilahti·1884·Collector: Krohn, Kaarle

In the SKVR edition: Impilahti. Krohn n. 5135. -84. Hippola. Leena Luukkonen, 75 v. Kuuli Soavalaisen emännältä Vuorilammilta.

SKVR textEnglish

Lehmä kun suuellaan ja heittää lypsännän.

1Etsi maitosi Manalta,Seek your milk from Mana,

2Piimäsi kylän pihoilta,Your curds from village courtyards,

3Pyhän pellon pientarilta,From the holy field's small plot,

4Nurisevilta, narisevilta,From the grumblers, from the creakers,

5Kylän ukoilta, kylän akoilta,From village men, village women,

6Piikalapsiin, poikalapsiin,To servant children, to boy children,

7Ja naineen urohon,And the married man,

8Ja miehen naimattoman,And the unmarried man,

9Sukkajalalta ja sukattomalta,From the sock-footed and sockless,

10Kenkä jalassa, kengättömältä,Shoe on foot, from the shoeless,

11(Hän on kenkä jalassa tullut,(He was born with a shoe on foot,

12Mies on avo jalon syntynyt),A man born barefooted noble),

13Ja mustanveriseltä,And the black-blooded,

14Ja valkiaveriseltä,And the white-blooded,

15Ja kai veret yhteiset;And perhaps bloods shared;

16Sitte pääsisiThen you would gain

17Maitosuonet soittamaan,Milk-veins to play,

18Pillit piiperöittämään,Pipes to whistle,

19Juusto-maito juoksemaan.Cheese-milk to flow.

20Ei maito Manalle jouvu,Milk won't reach Mana,

21Maito koissa tarvitaanMilk is needed in houses,

22Isännälle iltasiksi,For the master at evenings,

23Emännälle aamusiksi,For the mistress at mornings,

24Muulle pereelle murkinaksi,For the rest as a snack,

25Viljasiin, vaivasiin varalle,For grains, for troubles in reserve,

26Itseni kyllässä eleä.Myself to live in plenty.

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.

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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