Mauriaine moasta nousi
In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti. Borenius 288. 27/6 87. Sutelan Matti, 49 v.
SKVR textEnglish
1Mauriaine moasta nousi,Earth-substance rose from the ground,
2Alta mullam muurahainenFrom beneath the soil, the ant arose,
3Lapsiaase laittamoane,To arrange the child's cradle,
4Peretteäse naittamoane,To wed into the family line,
5Mutt ei nouse miun emmoiniBut my mother does not rise,
6(Lapsiaa) laittamoa,To prepare (the child),
7Poikajoasen naittamoane.To wed the son away.
8Miun ku emmoin eläsi,When my mother lived,
9Mamma (moata) tallajaisi,Mother trampled the earth,
10Ei se poika näin olisiThe son would not be thus,
11Nukka vieruss' ei nutussa,No fur near his coat's edge,
12Karva vieru viitta peällä.No hair on his cloak's hem.
13Miun ku emmoin eläsi,When my mother lived,
14Niim mie oisin ku muutki miehet,Then I’d be like other men,
15Viel mie verassa käisin,Still walk in blood’s grace,
16Moata verkai(n) vetäsi.The earth drew its net tight.
17(Mutt) sille mie em maha mi(t)tääne,But I can do nothing now,
18(Kum mie en uo emmoin) nähty,Since I never saw her,
19Sit (en uo) näht siintä päivin,Nor glimpsed her since those days,
20(Kerta panniit) kirstu(n) kiinni,When they sealed the coffin,
21Rautanaulat nappaant,Iron nails driven deep,
22Vasarall vahvistiit.Hammered firm with force.
23Tul miun emm(oin) ikävä,My mother’s longing came,
24Mänin kirkkuo kesällä,I went to church in summer,
25Mänin euko hauvan peälle,To the crone’s grave I went,
26Mie siitt ristillä ritaji(n).There I wrestled with the cross.
27Eukko hauvasta havatsi,The crone stirred in her grave,
28Lapselliese (nous) loatimoane:To the child she scolded:
29"Älä riko ristiäini,"Do not break my cross,
30Ei uo risti siun tekemä,It’s not your hands that shaped it,
31Sit ei ole teht teiti seppä,No smith of yours forged it,
32Teitin toppora takontu,Your hammer never struck,
33Teitin kirves kilkutellut;Your axe never rang out;
34Sen on tehty luoja seppä,The Creator-Smith made it,
35Luojan toppora on takontu,The Creator’s hammer struck,
36Luojan kirves kilkuteltu."The Creator’s axe rang clear."
37Niim mie vieri vellostainiSo I fell, my brother,
38Kuim py'y pesästä vieri,Like a snake from its nest,
39Varsi vanhempaisestainiThe branch from my parents,
40Kuin kivi saunan kiukuvasta,Like a stone from the sauna’s fire,
41Sirosin sisarestaini,I shattered from my sister,
42Munanen kanan pesästä.An egg from the hen’s nest.
43Mie jäin järkineä jälelleI remained broken behind,
44Pohja tuulta tuntemoane,Knowing the north wind,
45Ärjentä ällyymeäne.The roar of the storm.
46Tunnen tuulet, tunnen tyynet,I know winds, know calms,
47Tunnen ärjenet äkäset,I know wrath’s sharp edge,
48Tunnen vaimon vasta-rinnan,Know a wife’s hidden heart,
49(Mutt) en tunne emännän kieltä.But not the mistress’s tongue.
50Emännäl on kolme kieltä:The mistress has three tongues:
51Yks ol luine, toine puine,One of bone, one of wood,
52Kolmais (on) kivinen kieli.The third a tongue of stone.
53Puisell puhhuu heä luvassa,With wood, she speaks aloud,
54Luisella lukun takana,With bone, behind locked doors,
55Kivisellä kellerissä.With stone, in the cellar’s dark.
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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