Lauloi ennen mun emoni

SKVR XIII2 5654·Rautu·1854·Collector: Ahlqvist, A. E.

In the SKVR edition: Rautu. Ahlqvist A 348. 54.

SKVR textEnglish

1Lauloi ennen mun emoni,My mother sang before,

2lauloi liekutellessansa:she sang while swaying [me]:

3tuuin lasta turvakseni,She brought a child as my safeguard,

4vanhan päiväni varaksi;as a reserve for my elderly days;

5eipä turva tullutkana,But no safeguard came at all,

6vanhan päivänsä varanen,the little reserve for her old age,

7tuli turva toisen miehen,protection came from another man,

8vara toisen vanhempaisen,the reserve of another parent,

9rikkahalle riihen puija,a granary-stocker for the rich,

10törnykselle työn tekijä,a laborer for the tyrannical,

11kiukukkahan käskyläinen.a servant to the quick-tempered.

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

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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