Elköö minun emoni
In the SKVR edition: ? Lönnrot R 119. 37.
SKVR textEnglish
1Elköö minun emoniLet not my mother
2Panko vettä taikinaasaPut water into her dough
3Tältä laajalta lahelta,From this wide bay,
4Leviältä lietteheltä.From the spreading silt-ground.
5Mikä lie meressä vettä,Whatever water is in the sea,
6Sikäli minun vereni,That is my blood,
7Mikäli meren kaloja,As many as there are fish in the sea,
8Se kaikki minun lihani,All that is my flesh,
9Mikä rannalla risuja,Whatever driftwood is on shore,
10Ne on minun kylkiluita.Those are my rib bones.
11Elköö minun isoniLet not my father
12Juottako sotaorostaGive drink to a war-slave
13Tältä laajalta lahelta.From this wide bay.
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15Elköö minun sikkoniLet not my sister
16Peskö tältä silmiänsä,Wash her eyes from here
17Tältä laajalta lahelta.From this wide bay.
18Elköhön minun veikkoniLet not my brother
19Vetäkö kaloja täältäPull fish from here
20Sinä ilmoissa ikänä.In the skies forever.
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.
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-072084 · Read at SKS ↗
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