Ajoi luoja tietä myöten

SKVR XIII1 55·Sakkola·1887·Collector: Neovius, A. D.

In the SKVR edition: Sakkola, Kirkonkylä. Neovius 22. 13/9 87. Katri Tiinus. Synt. v. 1824.

Song types: En ole emoa, isoa nähnyt, kun kirstu kiinni pantu, Haudan kuvaus, Kuolon sanomat, Viron orja ja isäntä, Äidin kuolo, Äidin vaivojen palkinto

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1Ajoi luoja tietä myöten,The Creator traveled along the path,

2Maariainen maata myöten.Maariainen [walked] along the earth.

3Luoja anteli appuu:The Creator offered aid:

4"Juhan' avuks, neito nuori!"Juhan to aid you, young maiden!

5Kui sie tietäisit vähäsen,If only you knew a little,

6arvajaisit pikkaraisen,Could guess a small part,

7et sie kitkis sinoista,That you’d weed the flax,

8puhastais et pellavasta:Clean the flax:

9jo emosi kotonta kuoli."Your mother at home has died."

10Mie itkin kottiin,I wept toward home,

11käi mie käyten, juoksin juosten.Walked walking, ran running.

12hyppäsin hypy-jaloilla:I leapt with springing feet:

13jo kuuluu kotonta kolke.Already the home’s clamor echoed.

14Vello vesti lastu-moaalle:Vello washed at the shavings-ground:

15"Mitä vestät, velloseini,"What do you wash, brother-in-law,

16vai vestät sota-venoista,Or wash war-boats,

17sota-laivaa lakutat?"Scour the war-ship?"

18Vello vaste vastajeeli:Vello responded:

19"Ei uo niitä maitakaa,"There’s neither milk

20ei niitä vesiäkää;Nor water here;

21vestän kuolleen kottii,I wash the dead homeward,

22katoneelle kartanoo."To the departed’s estate."

23"Ken meiltä kotonta kuoli?""Who from our home died?"

24"Jo emo kotonta kuoli.""Mother at home has died."

25Mie itkin tuppaa,I wept at the threshold,

26itkin ison majjaa.Wept the great house.

27Millä pesne mie emmoin?How shall I wash my mother?

28Osta Saksa(n) saippua.Buy German soap.

29Millä vaateheen emmo'on?How shall I clothe mother?

30Osta linna-liesinkii,Buy castle-linen,

31sillä vaateheen emmon.With that clothe mother.

32Millä maksan maamon maion,How to repay mother’s due,

33hamaralla vai halolla,With a hammer or plank,

34vai maksan marja-tuuttisella?Or with a berry-basket?

35En uo siitä silmii nähty,No eye has seen it,

36silmin nähty, korvin kuultu,Seen by eyes, heard by ears,

37kerran lie kirstu kiini pantu,Once the chest was locked,

38rauta-nauloille napattu,Nailed with iron spikes,

39vasaralle vahvistettu,Strengthened with hammers,

40kirvehelle kiinitetty,Secured with axes,

41kerr' lie pantu poaariloille,Once placed on the bier,

42puriloille puuskattunna,Borne on shoulder-poles,

43alla mullan muntattunna,Buried under soil,

44silmill on heliä hiekka,Eyes hold glinting sand,

45suun peääll muhia multa,Mouth covered with moldy soil,

46nurm on nuori kattehenna,Young grass as a blanket,

47sinn ei tuule kaikki tuulet,There no winds blow,

48ei so'a satteet kaikki.No rains fall.

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-071566 · Read at SKS ↗

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