Enemmän minulla huolta
In the SKVR edition: Kurkijoki, Otsanlahti. Lilius, L. 369. 91. Juliaana Korjonen, 52 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Enemmän minulla huoltaMore sorrows do I have
2Kuin on kuusessa käpyjä,Than there are cones on a spruce,
3Närehessä nästyröitä.In a jay's nest, twigs.
4Mulla on viiden veljen huolet,I bear five brothers' sorrows,
5Seitsemän sisaren huolet,Seven sisters' sorrows,
6Isän huolet, äidin huolet,Father's sorrows, mother's sorrows,
7Päälle huolien omien.On top of my own sorrows.
8Kanna korppi huolijain,Raven, carry these sorrows,
9Lintu musta murhettain,Black bird of griefs,
10Kanna kaivoon syväänTake them to a deep well
11Tai lampeen kalattomaan!Or a fishless pond!
12Kun kannat kalalliseen,If you take them where fish dwell,
13Kalat kaikki kauhistuvat,All fish will shudder,
14Ahvenet alas menevät,Perch dive to the depths,
15Sären lillit liukenevatWater lilies melt away,
16Minun hoikan huolistainFrom my slender sorrows
17Ja katalan kaihostain.And wretched yearnings.
18Oisin voinut miekin ollaI could have remained
19Syntymättä, kasvamatta,Unborn, ungrown,
20Tämän ilman tuntematta,Never knowing this air,
21Nämät maat matelematta,These lands uncrawled,
22Nämä notkot nousematta,These hollows unrisen,
23Nämä kukkulat kuhajamatta.These hills untraversed.
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.
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-073508 · Read at SKS ↗
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