Mie se laula(n) lapsellei
In the SKVR edition: Pyhäjärvi. Haltsonen, S. 67. 32. Susanna Kukko, 84 v. Synt. Metsäpirtissä.
SKVR textEnglish
1Mie se laula(n) lapsellei,I sing to the children,
2Linnullei liirittele(n);I chirp to the birds;
3Laula(n) lapselle ratoksiI sing to the child as a gift,
4Ja iloksi itsellein.And for my own joy.
5Mie se tuuti(n) poikajain,I rocked the boys,
6Mie se tuuvin turvakseinI swayed them securely,
7Ja vanha päiväin varaks;And for the store of old days;
8Poika miulle minjä tuopi,The son brings me a daughter-in-law,
9Minjä sauna(n) lämmittää:The daughter-in-law heats the sauna:
10"Miä anoppi kylpemiä!"I, the mother-in-law, shall bathe!
11Veś o kaivoss syväss,Water is in the deep well,
12Kappa kaivo kanne pääll."A bucket, the well's lid atop."
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.
Permanent address of this poem at SKS: http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi:sks-kvr-077238 · Read at SKS ↗
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