Mentih Päivölän pitoh
In the SKVR edition: Uhut. Lönnrot A II 9, n. 36. - 27/4 1835. Varahvontta Sirkeińi l. Jamala.
SKVR textEnglish
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2Mentih Päivölän pitoh,They went to Päivölä's feast,
3Salajoukon juominkih,To the secret host's drinking rites,
4Sieltä soatih kirjokansi.From there, they received the adorned lid.
5Laskea karehteleviThe rippling waters flow down,
6Noita vienoja vesiä,Those tranquil streams,
7Ulamoita aukeita.Broad open waters.
8Käänny pursi omille maille,Turn the boat toward our own lands,
9Kohin on omille maille,The rush [guides us] to our own lands,
10Perin maille vierahille.To the farthest foreign shores.
[Alkupuoli Laivaretkeä, Kultaneidon taontaa ja Kanteleen syntyä, ks. Laivaretkeä ja Kanteleen syntyä n. 658.]
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.
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-000135 · Read at SKS ↗
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