Uon mie orja vellollein

SKVR XIII1 910·Rautu·1854·Collector: Slöör, Kaarlo

In the SKVR edition: Rautu, Kuusenkanto. Slöör I 23. 54.

SKVR textEnglish

1Uon mie orja vellollein,I am a slave to the brothers,

2Isolle ikuinen piika,Eternal maid to the master,

3Te'en työtä koko käeltä,I work with all my strength,

4Veännän hartian väelt,I strain my shoulder's might,

5Viilän viikate olalla,I sharpen the scythe on my shoulder,

6Hatkatan haravan kans,I wield the rake alongside,

7Pyy'än kurja kunniaista,I, wretched, beg the honorable,

8Lempo lempeitä sannoja,Lempo for gentle words,

9Pesen va'it valkiaksi,I wash clothes to whiteness,

10Lusikat lumivaloksi,Spoons to snow-white gleam,

11Lierin eukon lehmosii.I tend the crone's calves,

12Uomme yksin eukollein,We are alone with old women,

13Olemme yksin, maksan kaksi,Alone, I bear two loads,

14Kulen kuudest tytöst,I suffer from six maidens,

15Seison aina seitsemästä.I stand against seven always,

16Viis mie maksan viikatteessa,Five I earn with the scythe,

17Kuus sirpin kuoliossa,Six with the sickle's toil,

18Kaks mie maksan kassarissa.Two with the basket's labor.

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.

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