Ei miun laula pitäis

SKVR XIII1 494·Sakkola·1848·Collector: Reinholm, H. A.

In the SKVR edition: Sakkola. Reinholm N III 79 a. 48.

Song types: Ei minun laulella pitäis, Ei ole minulla niin kuin muilla isoa, emoa, Huoliensa haastelija, Kultalangan katkeaminen

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1Ei miun laula pitäis,I should not sing,

2Ei iloita ensinkää,Nor rejoice at all,

3Miun o suuhui suruss,My mouth is in sorrow,

4Kielen o huolen kirjaviss,My tongue in worry's motley,

5Surulliset o suu-sannain,Sorrowful are my mouth-words,

6Virtein o veen sekaiset.My melodies water-muddled.

7Mitä neitonen tekköö?What does the maiden do?

8Kultakangasta kuttoo,She weaves gold cloth,

9Hopeaista helskyttää.Makes silver shimmer.

10Taittu yksi kulta lankaOne gold thread snapped,

11Ja toine hopea lanka.And another silver thread.

12Ei o miulla niinko muilla,I have not like others,

13Niinko ilman ilmisille,Nor like the sky's folk,

14Miull ei ilmoista issoo,I hold no tidings,

15Miull ei ehtoista em̄ō,No evening mother,

16Kelle haasta me halluun,To whom tell my frost-thoughts,

17Kelle tuulo me tussai.To whom whisper my ashes?

18Jos mä virkan vierahalle,If I speak to a stranger,

19Vieras viielle san̄ō,The stranger tells the road,

206:nki kuihkasoo.So it whispers onward.

21Jos mä virkan vellollei,If I tell my brother-in-law,

22Vello san̄ō naisellee,He tells his wife,

23Kuihkajello kullallee,Gossips to her sweetheart,

24Miull o mielei vaa pahempi.My mind grows only darker.

25Ku Jesus vaa kesän tekis,If only Jesus made summer,

26Maariaine maat sulaks,Mary melted the lands,

27Menisin metsään mä kesänäI'd go to the woods in summer,

28Puhetessa putken juuren,To speak at the herb's root,

29Lehekkan̄a kasvajessa,As a leaf growing,

30Vesan nuoren nousejess.A young sapling rising.

31Tuonne hoastan mä halluun,There I'd tell my frost-thoughts,

32Nuoille tuulo mie tussai,To those winds my ashes,

33Nuoille viijai virkan,To them I'd bear my words,

34Nuo ei kerro kellenkää,They tell no one,

35Kullenkaa ei kuihkajele.To none do they whisper.

36Män me metsää kesällä,We go to the woods in summer,

37Haastan haava lehtosille,I speak to aspens in groves,

38Pakajan pajuvesoille,To duck's willow shoots,

39Itken siit yksi oltuvai,Weep a single tear,

40Pehmitän petäjäjuuret,Soften pine roots,

41Kastelen katajajuuret,Moisten juniper roots,

42Koivujuuret kostuttelen.Dampen birch roots.

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-072007 · Read at SKS ↗

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