Hoija, hoija huolijain
In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti, Lapanainen. Haltsonen, S. 1397. 34. Maria Kuoppa, 72 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Hoija, hoija huolijain,Hoy, hoy, you caretakers of sorrow,
2Korppi kanna kaihojain!Raven, carry away my griefs!
3En uo musta luonnonmusta,I am not black from nature's blackness,
4En musta emontekemä,Nor black from my mother's making,
5Murhe mustaks vettää,Sorrow turns me black,
6Kaiho muita kaijemmaks.Grief makes others glow brighter.
7Jos ois onni ostannassa,If luck were for sale,
8Onni ko ois paska poispanossa,If luck were shit to be tossed aside,
9Ostasin paremman onnen,I’d buy better luck,
10Onnen paska pois panisin,Toss luck’s shit away,
11Niin mie onnein ommain,Then with my own luck,
12Sennii seinää sitoisin,I’d bind it to that wall,
13Päin panisin patśahua,Press it against the idol,
14Ostasin paremman onnen.I’d buy better luck.
15Kanna korppi miun kaihojain,Raven, carry my griefs,
16Kanna kaivua syvvää,Carry the deepest longing,
17Kaivoo kalattommaa!Longing for fishless waters!
18Jos kannat kalallissee,If you carry to fish-filled waters,
19Ni särkööt särilt sillan,May the perch break the bridge,
20Kiisilt kivisen linnan.The hawk’s stone castle crumble!
21Sie mahhoit miu emmoinYou devoured my mother’s
22Kapaloija karpikkoi!Wrapped entrails!
23Mut ei ne vaali vaimot kaikki,But not all chosen wives,
24Vaali ei vaimot puoletkaaNot even half the wives,
25Ku vaal miun emmoin,When my mother was chosen,
26Hiä sit vast vasite vaali,She was the true chosen one,
27Hiä vual vasten itsiää,She stood against the gale,
28Hiä kolmist kesoissa yönä,She stumbled in night meadows,
29Hiä kolmist juojel juoks,Stumbled in drunken haste,
30Hiä kanto kapalovettä,Carried wrapped water,
31Kipposel kiijättel,In a vessel, rushing,
32Mil pes pientä piikajaasa,Where she kept the maiden’s hut,
33Pumminaistaasa puhast,The spinning spot pure,
34Kapaloi kaheksin rievuin,Wrapped with eight splints,
35Rievuin kuusin kuivael.Dried with six splints.
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-073552 · Read at SKS ↗
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