Tuutin lasta turvaksein'
In the SKVR edition: Metsäpirtti, Kirvesmäki. Pärssinen 5. 23. Anni Laulajainen. Emäntä, 81 v.
SKVR textEnglish
Tuutulaulu.
1Tuutin lasta turvaksein',I lulled the child with safety-fences,
2Varaksein mie vauruttelen,With reserves I nurture,
3Vanhanpäiväni varaksi.For the provision of my old age.
4Ei tullut minulle turva,No security came to me,
5Tuli turva toisen miehen,Security came to another man,
6Vara tul' toisen vanhemmille.Resources went to another's elders.
7Muill' on turvat, muill' on armot,Others have protections, others have graces,
8Muill on turvat turpehissa,Others have protections in the peat,
9Armot on kirkon aijan alla,Graces are under the church's time,
10Moan alla ani syvässä,Under the earth, very deep,
11Nurmi kaunis kattehena.A beautiful meadow as a cover.
12Mie voa tuuvin poikajaini,Alas, I lulled my son,
13Kylä-ämmät piikojoase.[He became] the village women's servant.
14Poika miulle minjän tuopi,My son brings me bridal dues,
15Minjä saunan lämmitteäpi.The bridal party heats the sauna.
16Miä anoppi kylpemiäne,I, the mother-in-law, bathe,
17Viel' on vastat varvikossa,Obstacles still in the thicket,
18Vesi on kaivossa syvässä,Water is in the deep well,
19Kappa on kaivon kannen piällä,The bucket is on the well's lid,
20Soavi on saunan salvamessa,Soot is in the sauna's chimney,
21Korenta on kujan perässä.The gate is at the lane's end.
22Osasi miun emoni,My mother knew how,
23Osasi omenat tehjä,Knew how to graft apples,
24Tais' tuo taimet kasvatella,Could nurture saplings,
25Ei osannut istutella,Didn't know how to plant them,
26Pant' on paikoille pahoille,Placed in bad places,
27Likaisille liistehille.On filthy shelves.
28Mahoit sie miun emoni,You cursed my mother,
29Mahoit sie mahona moata,Cursed her into the earth's belly,
30Mahoit leskennä levätä,Cursed her to rest as a widow,
31Vipu virtoan visata,To hurl the lever into the current,
32Tuutunen tulehen panna,To place the cradle in the fire,
33Ennenkuin tätä tytärtä,Before [caring for] this daughter,
34Tätä lasta liekutellut.This child was rocked.
35Kaunis on meren kajava,Beautiful is the sea's seagull,
36Kaunihimpi oli kantajaini;Fairer was my bearer;
37Valkia on meressä vaahto,White is the foam in the sea,
38Valkiamp' ol' voalijaini.Whiter was my protector.
39Niin on eiänein miu äräkkä.So is my eternal miserliness,
40Eiän äräkkä, miel' murakka,Eternal miserliness, a crumbly mind,
41Ka ei juo voill' voitajaista,For it drinks not buttered victory-feast,
42Rasvalla rakentajaista.Nor fattened builder's feast.
43Emo ennen voilla voisi,Mother once could with butter,
44Iso rasvalla rakensi.Father built with fat.
45Kaikk' sannota, kaikk' pannota,All is said, all is placed,
46Kaksi on sanomatonta,Two remain unspeakable,
47Ol' kaks' sanomatonta:There were two unspeakables:
48Perimäinen pellon seiväs,The inherited field's stake,
49Alimainen aijan vitsas.The lowermost time's birch twig.
50Suakuot sanojat vaimot,May the gossiping women rot,
51Suakuot harmit, harmit lapsistuase,May the sorrows of childbearing rot,
52Pilkat pikkaraisistuase.Taunts upon the little ones.
53Niin on virtein miun vetelätSo are my slack sinews
54Niiko hännätön hevonen,Like a tailless horse,
55Esiliinato emäntä,An apronless mistress,
56Pesemätö pieni lapsi.An unwashed small child.
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.
Source
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Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-077219 · Read at SKS ↗
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